Ben Robinson Drawbridge
Dateline Pacific for 14 February 2020
What does RNZ's planned new music service mean for the Pacific Media Network?; A former Papua New Guinea military commander says a proposed gun buyback scheme would be counter-productive; an Auckland… Audio
Conference unites Pacific against corruption
A vision of the Pacific united against corruption was released from last week's first Pacific Regional Anti Corruption Conference in Kiribati. Audio
Indonesia detains and deports environmental journalist
The Indonesian government should have celebrated the work of an environmental journalist rather than detaining him, his editor says. Audio
UN project improving access to justice in Fiji
The Fiji Access to Justice Project has renewed grants to civil society organisations supporting people with disabilities and survivors of gender based violence. Audio
Dateline Pacific for 7 February 2020
More than 7000 people from the Papua New Guinea province of Madang are suing a mining company for US$5.3 billion in damages; two weeks on from Cyclone Tino, Tuvalu is still reeling from the… Audio
Dateline Pacific for 6 February 2020
Niue counts the cost of the loss of its only wharf, which could be out of action for months; a dive operator in Niue hopes the wharf can be fixed before peak tourist season; Efforts to protect the… Audio
Dateline Pacific for 5 February 2020
As two people are held in isolation in Fiji, a public health professor says the Pacific must protect itself from the Wuhan coronavirus; a Papua New Guinea student in Shanghai is calling on his… Audio
PNG student in China calls for evacuation
A Papua New Guinea student in Shanghai is calling on his government to evacuate students stranded in China. Audio
Dateline Pacific for Tuesday 4 February 2020
The New Zealand government is advising its citizens not to travel to China because of the Wuhan coronavirus, and it's banned travellers from China from entering; travel ban will 'strengthen' China's… Audio
News about New Zealand for 31 January 2020
A summary of news from around New Zealand over the past week. Audio