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Claims northern Cooks' island to be fishing hub
A former Cook Islands MP says the government is planning to turn Penrhyn Island in the country's north into a giant hub for fishing boats in the region.
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Tagata o te Moana for 27 February 2016
Audio 27 Feb 2016The grim news from Fiji after the cyclone disaster continues; Sir Peter Keniloria, Solomon Islands founding father, dies; Amnesty report highlights NZ privacy breaches in Pacific; Questions over… Audio
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Anti-nuclear Nobel nomination 'exciting'
A New Zealander working on a lawsuit to hold nuclear powers to account is excited about the team's nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize.
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Fiji's Methodist Church sets out cyclone relief plan
Audio 26 Feb 2016Fiji's Methodist Church says there's still an immediate need for clothing, cooking equipment and bedding for those affected by Cyclone Winston. Audio
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Calls to continue fishing ban around Rena
A Motiti Island hapu wants the public to support a two-year extension of the fishing exclusion zone around the Rena wreck on the Astrolabe Reef.
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Sport: Oceania hoping for help from new FIFA President
The Solomon Islands Football Federation hopes whoever wins the race to become FIFA President will do something to address Oceania countries struggles on the world stage.
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New cyclone develops near Cook Islands
Another cyclone has been named in the Pacific.
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Cyclone Yalo develops near the Cooks
Another cyclone has been named in the Pacific.
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Crayfish, snapper numbers drop at Goat Island reserve
Crayfish and snapper numbers are falling at the Goat Island Marine Reserve and scientists blame commercial fishing on the boundary. Audio
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Author laments ignorance about PNG in Australia
The author of a new book says Australia's relationship with its neighbour, and former colony, Papua New Guinea, barely features in his country's school curriculum.
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Cooks civil service to clear potential Zika sites
All Cook Islands public servants will be released from work this Friday to clean up potential mosquito breeding grounds in a bid to prevent Zika.
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Crayfish, snapper numbers falling at Goat Island Marine Reserve
Crayfish and snapper numbers are falling at the Goat Island Marine Reserve north of Auckland, and scientists say it's due to commercial fishing on the boundary. Alexa Cook reports. Audio
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Fiji after Winston - concerns over water, food, sickness
A resident in a squatter settlement in Fiji fears people will soon fall sick due to the devastation caused by Cyclone Winston.
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Sport: Cook Islands appoint new sevens coach
The Cook Islands Rugby Union has appointed Vase Samania as the new national sevens coach for the next two years.
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Albatross numbers dive sharply
Scientists are puzzled over why the number of Antipodean wandering albatross has halved in the last 10 years.
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 24 February 2016
Audio 24 Feb 2016More on the aftermath of cyclone Winston in Fiji, where contact is slowly starting to be made with the country's outer islands; Australian lawyers welcome a decision not to return an asylum seeker… Audio
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Cooks to take more direct approach to seabed mining
The Cook Islands government says it will consider a more direct approach to find investors to mine its sea floor after a five month open tender process failed to register a single bid.
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 23 February 2016
Audio 23 Feb 2016More of the latest stories from Fiji in the aftermath of cyclone Winston; Tonga also picking up after the cyclone's earlier strike with setbacks to its agricultural sector; And Cook Islands to take… Audio
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Cooks to take more direct approach to seabed mining
Audio 23 Feb 2016The Cook Islands government says it will consider a more direct approach to securing investors to mine its sea floor after a five month open tender process failed to register a single bid. Audio
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Potential bidders visit Cooks solar sites
Eight businesses interested in bidding for the solar photovoltaic plants under the Cook Islands Renewable Energy Sector Project last week inspected the project sites.
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Cooks government ready to deal with vulnerable cemetery
The Cook Islands government says work on a retaining wall that will protect a cemetery from losing more graves to the sea is going to start immediately. Audio
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Cooks government to protect vulnerable cemetery
Audio 22 Feb 2016The Cook Islands government is finally doing something about graves being washed away from a cemetery on the coast of the main island of Rarotonga. Audio
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Pacific should do more to celebrate early navigators
Audio 22 Feb 2016A film producer in French Polynesia says the Pacific should be doing more to celebrate its early navigators. Audio
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Palau signs Energy Act into law
Palau has legislated for a new Energy Administration in an attempt to completely reshape the sector.
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Spotted skinks on the move
Nearly a hundred spotted skinks were recently transferred from Matiu Somes Island to Zealandia Sanctuary in Wellington. Video, Audio, Gallery
