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Pacific Waves: News In Depth
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PNG police officers arrested after meth raid
Two officers were taken into custody along with three other individuals after a raid on a Port Moresby hotel room on Saturday.
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'We still have time to make the right decision'
Cook Islands opposition leader is calling for a "national pause" on the Cook Islands' deep sea mining ambitions, warning that the country is risking its oceanic heritage and identity.
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Samoan fashion designer fatally shot at Salt Lake City protest
Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, known as Afa Ah Loo, an "innocent bystander", died despite efforts by paramedics to save his life, police said.
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Three Pacific nations in expanded US travel ban list
It's part of President Trump's crackdown on foreign nationals from countries that fail to meet "established benchmarks and requirements" for remaining in the US.
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Fiji launches largest-ever drugs trial as the country tackles growing meth scourge
More than a year after police made the record haul in the country's tourism hub Nadi, seven people stood trial last week on several drug charges stemming from the January 2024 raid.
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New campaign encourages more Pasifika women to get breast screening
"We want women to know that it's okay to talk about it and to feel safe and to feel like it's okay to share their stories."
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Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research
A new report on the United States nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall Islands highlights the lack of studies into important health concerns,
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Palau president wants Taiwan to get a fair go at PIF
2 Jun 2025Palau's president wants to see Taiwan given full access at this year's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders' meeting.
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Deadline looming for PNG to fix issues with money laundering and counter-terrorist financing
1 Jun 2025Papua New Guinea has five months remaining to fix its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) systems or risk being placed on the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) "grey list".
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Investigations underway in Norfolk after illegal drugs wash up onshore
30 May 2025Norfolk Island locals are shocked after a 40-kilogram package - believed to contain cocaine - washed up on one of their beaches.
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Pasifika recipients say King's Birthday honours not theirs alone
2 Jun 2025A New Zealand-born Niuean educator says being recognised in the King's Birthday honours list reflects the importance of connecting young tagata Niue in Aotearoa to their roots.
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Nauru, Metals Company revise deep sea mining agreement
6 Jun 2025Nauru has revised its commercial agreement with Canadian mining group The Metals Company for deep sea mining in international waters. The updated "sponsorship agreement" was announced in a press release from The Metals Company.
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Samoa Language Week: A Black Ferns sevens player's journey
6 Jun 2025Former Black Ferns sevens player Shiray Kaka says one of the reasons she is learning Samoan is to pass on her heritage to her baby boy, who is due in August.
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"Celebration and reflection" - Nayacalevu says goodbye
5 Jun 2025The former Flying Fijians captain, Waisea Nayacalevu, has announced his retirement from test rugby. Nayacalevu, 33, made the announcement through the Fiji Rugby Union in Suva.
Presenters
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Christina Persico
Station: Pacific
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Don Wiseman
Station: Pacific
Programme: World & Pacific News
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IIiesa Tora
Station: Pacific
Programme: World & Pacific News
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Koroi Hawkins
Station: Pacific
Programme: Untold Pacific History
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Lydia Lewis
Station: Pacific
Programme: World & Pacific News
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Marama T-Pole
Stations: Pacific, National
Programme: News
Programmes
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World & Pacific News
A bulletin of Pacific News and a sports report.
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Tagata o te Moana
A weekly Pacific magazine programme features New Zealand and regional Pacific news, issues, information and music. This programme is also simulcast domestically on RNZ National.
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News in Pacific Languages
Pacific language news bulletins in Tongan, Samoan, Pidgin, French, Cook Islands Maori and Niuean.
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Pacific Waves
A daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in…
