Mary Baines
Artists gear up for Festival of Pacific Arts 2016
Around 100 Maori and New Zealand-based Pasifika artists are getting ready to showcase their work at the Festival of Pacific Arts in Guam next year. Audio
Pacific Arts Festival 2016 in Guam
Mary Baines has the story on the selection chosen to represent New Zealand at next years Pacific Arts Festival in Guam. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 17 September 2015
Calls to defend Fiji's fragile democracy a year after elections; Solomons goldmine scraps untreated waste release; Pacific lawyers gather to talk legal issues affecting the region; And despite Forum… Audio
Pacific lawyers gather for conference
Lawyers from around the Pacific will gather in Australia to talk pro bono, legal reform, the need to respond to cases of domestic violence and other issues affecting the region. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 16 September 2015
The new Australian PM unlikely to mean new Pacific policies; Long road to Australian policing in PNG; As PNG turns 40, a former PM says the country has done well to survive as a democracy; and Fiji's… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 15 September 2015
Tonga aims to regulate youths internet usage; Worsening drought conditions causing concern in Papua New Guinea; UN urges Pacific governments to prepare for worst El Nino emergency; Lions Clubs… Audio
El Nino tightens grip on Pacific
The governor of Chimbu Province in Papua New Guinea says the effects of El Niño there are so severe schools have closed, public servants aren't working and the hospital has shut its doors. Audio
Fiji conservation campaign backed by chief
A traditional chief from one of the most actively fished areas in Fiji says restricting grouper fishing in his area will mean long-term environmental and economic benefits. Audio
Tonga Govt urges people to prepare for more severe drought
The Tonga National Emergency Management Office is urging people to prepare for more severe drought, which it says could turn into a crisis in the next month. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 7 September 2015
The UN Special Envoy on climate change urges Pacific unity ahead of climate talks in Paris; Australia appears to not share New Zealand's concerns abotu Nauru's justice sector; A Papua New Guinea… Audio
Radical solutions to climate change needed - Kiribati
The president of Kiribati says there is a need for radical solutions to dealing with the effects of climate change, such as creating floating islands or building up the land. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 3 July 2015
The leader of Fiji's labour party decides to stand down after 23 years; Members of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement are urged to prepare for a decline in Tuna revenue; Kiribati's education minister… Audio
More sex education planned for Kiribati
The Kiribati minister of education says the school curriculum will be improved to ensure young people know more about sex, but more information also needs to come from the home. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 1 July 2015
Norfolk group to seek UN help for self determination; Global climate action possibly too late for Kiribati; There have been calls for both pre and post disaster funding at a pacific regional meeting… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 30 June 2015
Call for more male family planning advocates in Kiribati; A solar-powered plane crossing the Pacific Ocean has passed the point of no return; East Timor joins Pacific Community; The Tonga government's… Audio
French Polynesia's Flosse sentenced in espionage case
French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse has been found guilty of abusing public funds but acquitted of violating privacy in a long-running espionage case against him. Audio
Cook Islands opposition supports Sunday flights
The Cook Islands opposition says it supports the continuation of Sunday flights between Rarotonga and Aitutaki despite the result of a referendum. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 19 June 2015
Suspended Nauru MP out of custody, on strict bail; ILO reminds Fiji of its obligations; A Dutch journalist in West Papua says there's no sign of heavy restrictions being lifted at all; And calls for… Audio
ILO reminds Fiji of its obligations
The International Labour Organisation has reminded the Fiji government that a commission of inquiry into the country's labour practises could be launched if an agreement it signed earlier this year is… Audio
Vanuatu opposition plans legal action against govt
The Vanuatu opposition says it is planning legal action against the government for electing a new parliament speaker who went on to rule out a planned no confidence motion. Audio