Tagata o te Moana

The caretaker president of the Marshall Islands says it's unconscionable that the United States kept secret key information about its nuclear tests for decades; As Bougainville holds its… Read more Audio

The measles continues to wreak havoc across the Pacific; Confronting the 'double headed' health crisis in the Pacific; There's a warning from the newly arrived Behrouz Boochani that people will die in… Read more Audio

Authorities in Samoa scramble to contain a measles epidemic believed to have killed three people; The Marshall Islands mulls legal action over leaking nuclear waste, while people living near a nickel… Read more Audio

Authorities in Samoa scramble to contain a measles epidemic believed to have killed three people; The Marshall Islands mulls legal action over leaking nuclear waste, while people living near a nickel… Read more Audio

Measles from New Zealand's epidemic is spreading to the Pacific; The defence force is preparing for a climate change induced influx of regional fishing vessels; Solomon Islands Attorney General puts a… Read more Audio

Samoa's Health Ministry says the tragic death of a toddler this week is "highly suspected" to be due to measles, based on clinical assessment and evaluation; arrest warrant issued for former Papua New… Read more Audio

Kiribati ferry disaster report does little to ease relatives' anger; Suspect measles case in Samoa connected to Auckland outbreak; Call for Jihadis to go to Papua following unrest; French Polynesia… Read more Audio

Last week's grim report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has scientists based in the Pacific calling for more action; Pasifika pre-schoolers living in Counties Manukau have been… Read more Audio

About 40,000 people marched through New Zealand's capital on Friday,joining the worldwide movement of strikes and protests against climate change; Dozens more people were killed in renewed violence in… Read more Audio

Tonga's prime minister is farewelled in a massive state funeral as attention turns to what will now happen to 'Akilisi Pohiva's government; Tuvalu gets a new prime minister; Unease in Solomon Islands… Read more Audio

Tributes have been flowing from across the Pacific after Tonga's prime minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, died aged 78; The West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda denies he and other activists are behind… Read more Audio

International pressure mounting on Indonesia as violence continues in West Papua; Rumours of witchcraft over family deaths in Fiji heighten community fear; Bougainville extends its gun disposal period… Read more Audio