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RNZ marks 75 years of broadcasting shortwave into the Pacific
It has been 75 years since Radio New Zealand commenced broadcasting on shortwave frequencies, into the Pacific region.
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Pacific Games: How it all began 60 years ago
12 Sep 2023It all began with a toss of a ball and the smash of a tennis racquet. The Cook Islands' Nono Tani's swift serve to her opponent at 9am on Thursday, August 29, 1963 thus kicked off the South Pacific Games in Suva. Video
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Marshall Islands sea turtle found to have nuclear contamination
28 Aug 2023Scientists studying tortoise and turtle shells near the Marshall Islands have found they contain nuclear contamination, according to an article in the journal PNAS Nexus.
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Ozone hole 'likely' affected by massive Tonga volcanic eruption
6 Sep 2023The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption of January 2022 may have affected the ozone hole in the earth's atmosphere.
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Can Women’s World Cup have spin-offs across the Pacific?
10 Aug 2023The Women's World Cup being co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia is showcasing the two countries to the world. But with no Oceania team having managed to qualify it's hard to see what benefits there could be for the Pacific in the wider sense.
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Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller and advocate
10 Aug 2023New Zealand-adopted Fiji journalist, sports writer, national news agency reporter, anti-coup activist, media freedom advocate, storyteller and mentor Sri Krishnamurthi has died. He was just two weeks shy of his 60th birthday.
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Development aid - help or hindrance to Pacific countries?
9 Aug 2023Analysis - There are suggestions that Chinese aid to some Pacific nations is making their debt situation worse.
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Cook Islands TikTok creator champions Kūki 'Airani through love of food
4 Aug 2023As we celebrate 'Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani 2023, one content creator is aiming to preserve the language and culture through food videos on TikTok showcasing Cook Islands cuisine.
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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Finau Fonua
Station: Pacific
Programme: World & Pacific News
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Koroi Hawkins
Station: Pacific
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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…