All episodes
Monday, 23 March 2020
- 5:00 Survey provides valuable information on Cooks' reefs
- 5:01 PNG community demands deep sea mining licences are cancelled
- 5:02 Three year PNG tribal war paused by ceasefire
- 5:03 Pacific businesses in NZ affected by covid-19
- 5:04 Covid-19: More restrictions imposed around Pacific
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for Monday 23 March 2020
Friday, 20 March 2020
- 5:00 New Pacific art curator role at Auckland art gallery
- 5:01 Bougainville seeks clarity on ratification
- 5:02 Covid-19: Church ministers urged to raise Covid-19 awareness
- 5:03 Plans for more provinces in West Papua won't help - academic
- 5:04 Covid-19: UNICEF encourages community defenses
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for 20 March 2020
Thursday, 19 March 2020
- 5:00 Sport: Manuma Samoa rugby team in self-isolation
- 5:01 Bougainville's Momis still keen to carry on at the top
- 5:02 Vanuatu goes to the polls
- 5:03 Eight dead and thousands affected by flooding on Guadalcanal
- 5:04 Pacific nations prepare for Covid-19's inevitable arrival
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for 19 March 2020
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
- 5:00 Fijian author hoping to inspire next generation of novelists
- 5:01 Guam fishermen fighting scuba fishing ban
- 5:02 The state of play in Bougainville following latest JSB
- 5:03 Pacific artists inspired to share Tupaia's story
- 5:04 Sth Auckland doctors say district at high risk
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for 18 March 2020
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
- 5:00 Young Pacific women urged to give building and construction a go
- 5:01 Renewed call for Rio Tinto to front up over Bougainville damage
- 5:02 Enga massacre latest in cycle of brutal Hela tribal killings
- 5:03 Covid-19: Pacific cancellations and stronger counter-measures
- 5:04 Dateline Pacific for Tuesday 17 March 2020
Monday, 16 March 2020
- 5:00 Traditional Pacific tattoo space not always dominated by men
- 5:01 Norfolk Island can cope with shortages - administrator
- 5:02 Call for more Pacific pharmacists in NZ
- 5:03 Bougainville's JSB to take on new shape after latest meeting
- 5:04 Major reforms under way in PNG police force
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for 16 March 2020
Friday, 13 March 2020
- 5:00 Sport: Rapid Rugby an opportunity for Pacific players
- 5:01 Beethoven with a Pacific twist: Students take Tiki Orchestra to festival
- 5:03 Marshall Islands makes no apologies for two-week travel ban
- 5:04 Tahiti records first coronavirus case
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for 13 March 2020
Thursday, 12 March 2020
- 5:00 Canterbury Polyfest takes extra safety precautions this year
- 5:01 Research group hopes to win fans to science at Polyfest
- 5:02 Tahiti unclear with coronavirus warnings
- 5:03 PNG plan to get more women in Parliament
- 5:04 West Papua National Liberation Army targets Freeport operations
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for Thursday 12 March 2020
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
- 5:00 Kiribati, Rotuman languages in NZ language weeks
- 5:01 Cook Islands' first Pride Week this weekend
- 5:02 Cooks' Democrats go into bat for sacked clerk of Parliament
- 5:03 Covid-19: All Oceania football tournaments postponed
- 5:04 Marshalls bans inbound travel to try and keep Covid-19 out
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for 11 March 2020
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
- 5:00 Niue is world's first 'dark-sky nation'
- 5:01 Bougainville walker covers hundreds of kilometres
- 5:02 The rule of law at sea and the future of island states
- 5:03 Norfolk's ongoing struggle with shipping services
- 5:04 Cruise ship saga sparks action over virus threat in PNG
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for Tuesday 10 March 2020
Monday, 9 March 2020
- 5:00 Tongan author building young readers' confidence in speaking English
- 5:01 Solomon Islands launches new guidelines for counsellors
- 5:02 Updated organic law on PNG political parties on way
- 5:03 Fears Māori losing out to non-Māori in te reo programmes
- 5:04 Cook Islanders should not pay anymore for Rarotongan water system
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for 9 March 2020
Friday, 6 March 2020
- 12:50 Another delay in Bougainville and PNG key meeting
- 12:50 Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg withdraws from race
- 12:50 Tourism operators in PNG demand answers over ship ban
- 12:50 Covid-19: Samoan, Northern Marianas economies hard hit
- 12:50 Manus Island refugee musician blocked from studio
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for 6 March 2020
Thursday, 5 March 2020
- 5:00 Pacific performing artists mix poetry with theatre
- 5:01 Coronavirus deals another blow to beleaguered Samoa tourism
- 5:02 Tonga moving to curb social media abuse
- 5:03 Fiji Opposition talks fair elections with NZ PM
- 5:04 Jailbreaks, disease outbreak reflect dire state of PNG prisons
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for 5 March 2020
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
- 5:00 Exhibition celebrates artist's journey to chieftaincy
- 5:01 Women growers aim to increase Samoa's bee population
- 5:02 Māori and Pacific babies bigger but leaner - research
- 5:03 No quick remedy to Norfolk Island shortages
- 5:04 Protest calls for release of refugees from Australian hotels
- 5:05 Vanuatu election campaign swings into action
- 5:06 Dateline Pacific for Wednesday 4 March 2020
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
- 5:00 Bougainville foundation keeps cultural flame alive
- 5:01 Otago University grows Pacific science connections
- 5:03 West Papuan freedom fighter seen as great unifying force
- 5:04 Academic backs Fiji Hindi over formal Hindi
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for Tuesday 3 March 2020
Monday, 2 March 2020
- 5:00 Auckland's Pacific community celebrate milestone
- 5:01 Tsunami detection times to go from hours to minutes
- 5:02 PNG PM blames predecessor over Falcon Jet
- 5:03 Cooks' current water system 'unsafe'
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific 3 February 2020
- 5:00 Auckland school establishes Kiribati language unit
- 5:01 New church opens for Tuvalu community in Auckland
- 5:02 Booklet to help PNG landowners better negotiate leases
- 5:03 Pacific govt officials react to claims by women advocates
- 5:04 PANG warns of 'burden' from PACER-Plus on Pacific states
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for Monday 2 March 2020
Friday, 28 February 2020
- 5:00 Fiji tackles disposal of 260kg of seized fish
- 5:01 Bougainville Govt confident in three term push for Momis
- 5:02 Slavery trial: 12-year-old hit with secateurs, court hears
- 5:03 Covid19 could 'wipe out' PNG's Daru
- 5:04 UN report finds Pacific drug trafficking on the rise
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for 28 February 2020
Thursday, 27 February 2020
- 5:01 Pacific theatre companies tackle pressing issues at festival
- 5:02 Rejections mount for Tahiti politician Flosse
- 5:03 NZ PM 'won't be wagging finger' at Australia
- 5:04 Police in PNG highlands province target illegal weapons
- 5:05 Marine reserve expansion had little effect on fishing industry - research
- 5:06 Dateline Pacific for 27 February 2020
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
- 5:01 Norfolk supermarket shelves almost empty due to shipping delays
- 5:02 Call for safe tattooing practices in the Samoan community
- 5:03 Pacific women shut out of disaster management - advocate
- 5:04 Legal action over the constitution - a sad day for Bougainville, says MP
- 5:05 Eurocentric view of climate change ignoring Pacific - researcher
- 5:06 Dateline Pacific for 26 February 2020
Tuesday, 25 February 2020
- 5:00 Better pay key to more Cook Islands police - Tuavera
- 5:01 Solomons police mainstreaming gender equality in the service
- 5:02 Call for Australia to link more closely with four small Pacific states
- 5:03 Time needed to work through Bougainville result, says PNG PM
- 5:04 Dateline Pacific for Tuesday 25 February 2020
Monday, 24 February 2020
- 5:00 EU funds Pacific public health project
- 5:01 Pacific settlement nearly 500 years older than thought - research
- 5:02 Fiji workers face closed doors for addressing labour issues
- 5:03 Solomon Islanders warned over ponzi scheme
- 5:04 Dateline Pacific for Monday 24 February 2020
Friday, 21 February 2020
- 5:00 Cook Islands to formally ratify Pacer Plus in June
- 5:01 Pacifc nursing shortage a health threat
- 5:02 Attack on Manus Island refugees in Port Moresby
- 5:03 Australia Pacific aid change a "strategic misstep"
- 5:04 PNG PM embarks on state visit to NZ
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for 21 February 2020
Thursday, 20 February 2020
- 5:00 Sport: NZ Rugby to appoint Pasifika Engagement Manager
- 5:01 Calls for rethink of open season on protected fish species in Palau
- 5:02 Rehabilitative programmes top list for Kiribati corrections reforms
- 5:03 Salwai expresses faith in new generation of Vanuatu leaders
- 5:04 PNG authorities urge collaborative effort over virus threat
- 5:06 Dateline Pacific for 20 February 2020
Wednesday, 19 February 2020
- 5:01 US Coast Guard committed to Pacific - Admiral Schultz
- 5:02 Fiji govt criticised for weakening the country's unions
- 5:03 Secretary of TNRL shocked by its expulsion
- 5:04 Two Solomons MPs lose their seats through election petitions
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for 19 February 2020
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
- 5:00 Young Alumna of 2020 goes to Pacific author
- 5:01 Radio Tonga Aotearoa remembers Reverend Dr 'Ilomaisini Lea
- 5:02 Solomons outgoing High Com says NZ is ripe for trade opportunity
- 5:03 South Auckland celebrates diversity with festival
- 5:04 Fragments of discontent as Vanuatu heads for polls
- 5:05 Dateline Pacific for Tuesday 18 February 2020
