Mary Baines
PNA plans to charge more for use of FADs
The countries that make up the Parties to the Nauru Agreement will start charging more for the use of Fish Aggregating Devices in a trial to begin next year.
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 15 June 2015
Vanuatu opposition confident it has numbers to topple government; Marshall Islands continues call for reduced emissions in shipping; Tongans affected by cyclone given deadline to settle land issues… Audio
Medical staff on Nauru told not to report health problems
An Australian senate inquiry into serious allegations of abuse and poor conditions at the Nauru detention centre has heard medical staff were told not to report psychological health problems suffered… Audio
Aust inquiry hears of damning claims on Nauru asylum camp
An Australian senate inquiry into serious allegations and conditions at the Nauru detention centre has heard medical staff were told not to report psychological health problems suffered by asylum… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 5 June 2015
Child abuse costs the Asia/Pacific US$209 billion; personal contribution call for World Environment Day; the Fiji Electoral Commission is on the defence; there's a call in Bougainville for more… Audio
Aus detention centre whistleblowers criminalised
The Australian government has passed a law which criminalises whistleblowers who speak out against the conditions of the offshore detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 27 May 2015
Options raised for Fiji's Sodelpa over MP suspension; There's threat of an oil spill in American Samoa; Physicians demand changes to Australia's asylum policies; And PNG is unable to address its… Audio
Oil spill concern in American Samoa
There's concern up to 4,000 litres of fuel and 75 tonnes of fish could be spilled into the ocean in American Samoa where a longliner ran aground in bad weather. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 21 May 2015
Bougainville wants PNG/Australia spat sorted quickly; 129 asylum seekers offered resettlement in PNG; Historic LGTB conference hailed a success; NZ chocolate company uses Pacific ingredients… Audio
Nauru detention centre managers dodge questions at inquiry
Managers of the Nauru detention centre have been admonished for not answering key questions during an Australian Senate inquiry into sexual abuse and violence at the facility. Audio
Inquiry into abuse at Nauru underway
Managers of the Nauru detention centre have been admonished for not answering key questions during an Australian Senate inquiry into sexual abuse and violence at the facility. Audio
Pacific leaders committed to ending child violence
The United Nations says Pacific leaders are showing a strong commitment to ending high rates of violence against children in the region. Audio
Australia's offshore processing challenged in court
Ten asylum seekers have launched a High Court challenge on the legality of the Australian government's offshore detention policies, in a bid to prevent their return to Nauru. Audio
Conference to end child violence in the Pacific
Pacific Island nations have some of the highest rates of violence against children in the world - an issue UNICEF says needs to be brought out of the shadows. Audio
Violence against children in the Pacific
Mary Baines of Radio New Zealand International on how Pacific Island nations have some of the highest rates of violence against children in the world - an issue UNICEF says needs to be brought out of… Audio
'Significant progress' made at PACER-Plus talks
The Chief Trade Advisor of the Pacific Island Countries says significant progress was made on development assistance negotiations in this round of PACER-Plus talks. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 7 May 2015
PNG to organise its SOEs into the Kumul Structure; A drug test for kava requested by some NZ companies; Human rights under scrutiny in the Marshalls; Reform urged in PNG to boost private sector… Audio
Conversation on aid distribution following cyclone Pam needed
A New Zealand company which says it had its offer of relief shelter for Vanuatu rejected by aid agencies following cyclone Pam says a conversation on how aid is distributed following disasters is… Audio
Civil societies, trade unions raise concerns over PACER-Plus
Pacific civil societies and trade union groups are calling for the immediate suspension of PACER-Plus negotiations. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 4 May 2015
Obama approves disaster support for FSM; Samoan organics company moves into NZ market; Push for say in Norfolk's political future continues; Child labour, begging and trafficking tackled in PNG; And… Audio