Don Wiseman
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 13 July 2018
Fisheries ministers from around the region have unanimously appointed Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen as the next director general of the Forum Fisheries Agency; work has started on a new chancery building… Audio
New director general to head Forum Fisheries Agency
Fisheries ministers from around the region have unanimously appointed Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen as the next director general of the Forum Fisheries Agency. Audio
Anger in Cooks at planned foreshore development
There is growing opposition in the Cook Islands to a house planned by a foreign developer on a culturally and environmentally significant part of the island of Rarotonga. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 13 July 2018
Getting more women elected, getting young people involved, and trying to tell people what it is they actually do were the main themes when the speakers of the region's parliaments gathered this week… Audio
Updated Biketawa Declaration not about countering China
A commentator on Pacifc issues says the updated Biketawa Declaration being prepared by Pacific Island countries is not a device to counter the influence of China in the region. Audio
Tradewinds for 10 July 2018
Manufacturers of sugar-laden products are stepping up their lobbying efforts in the Pacific, in a move health advocates are calling cynical; a woman from Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province… Audio
MP sure final Bougainville referendum issues will be sorted
The MP for South Bougainville in the Papua New Guinea national parliament is confident that outstanding matters will be sorted at a special Joint Supervisory Board meeting at the end of this month. Audio
Global media group raises concerns over Nauru ban
Pacific Media Alliance says a ban imposed by Nauru on ABC journalists attending the Forum summit is a worrying development. Audio
NZ Law Society says civil rights on Nauru eroded
The New Zealand Law Society has spoken out about what it says is a drift to authoritarianism in Nauru. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 6 July 2018
Refugees exiled to Manus Island and Nauru by Australia have a new champion in the form of a boxer fighting on their behalf; Papua New Guinea has seen a dramatic surge in cases of Malaria but a new… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edtion for 5 July 2018
Hundreds of South Auckland youth are uniting in a movement to change negative perceptions about their community; moves are under way to trial a rooftop solar power programme in Papua New Guinea's… Audio
Aust media bordering on hysterical over China threat stories
An academic says some of the Australian media coverage of the growing Chinese influence in the Pacific has been hysterical. Audio
