Don Wiseman
Tagata o Te Moana for 27 July 2019
A health advocate in Fiji says something desperately needs to be done to combat diabetes with almost 1700 people dying annually from the disease; an Australian MP has called on his government to… Audio
Dateline Pacific for 26 July 2019
Amid financial woes, New Caledonia's SLN secures reprieve; in Fiji a United Nations worker was killed this week allegedly by her husband who she had recently separated from highlighting the issue of… Audio
New Caledonia's SLN nickel company wins another reprieve
Amid financial woes, New Caledonia's SLN secures reprieve. Audio
Australia logic on climate change self defeating - Greenpeace
While the Australian Government continues to push its so called Pacific Step-Up, the NGO Greenpeace says if they don't take action on climate change they should step aside. Audio
The PNG capital, Port Moresby, to highlight its positives
Papua New Guinea's capital city has long had a notorious reputation but the city's administration is making efforts to change this view. Audio
Dateline Pacific for 24 July 2019
An Australian MP has called on his government to accept New Zealand's offer and end indefinite offshore detention; the Cook Islands deputy prime minister says the government has every intention of… Audio
Cooks govt happy to discuss water purity options
The Cook Islands deputy prime minister says the government has every intention of speaking more with the people of Rarotonga about how to purify the island's water. Audio
Groundswell for change in Nauru poll: Batsiua
A former Nauru cabinet minister says the rule of law and democracy have been eroded over the past six years of rule by the Waqa/Adeang government. Audio
Dateline Pacific for 22 July 2019
The head of UNICEF in PNG says the 2018 earthquake and the polio crisis have led to a greater presence of the UN in the Highlands region after decades of under resourcing; swimming with the whales… Audio
Dateline Pacific for 19 July 2019
The United Nations in Papua New Guinea says it is pinning a lot of hope on the country's new leadership to appoint more judges and police after the killing of 24 people in Hela Province recently; the… Audio
The Marshalls plan to get more from the tuna fishery
The Marshall Islands fisheries department wants the country to earn much more from the Pacific's multi-billion dollar commercial tuna fishery. Audio
Saipan struggles to re-house typhoon victims
More than a thousand people on the Northern Marianas' main island, Saipan, are homeless, or in substandard accommodation in the wake of a devastating super-typhoon last October. Audio
Call for moratorium on seabed mining
Environmental groups speak out about ocean floor mining and call for a 20 year moratorium. Audio
A key player in the Bougainville peace process returns
Former New Zealand foreign minister, Sir Don McKinnon, who was instrumental in bringing peace to Bougainville in the late 1990s, returned to the region last week, just weeks out from a key referendum… Audio
Can the Pacific achieve the SDG's? Not on track says UN agency
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, ESCAP, says on its current trajectory Asia and the Pacific will not achieve any of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by… Audio
