Don Wiseman
Colin Tukuitonga pushes for key spot at WHO
A prominent Niuean New Zealander is seeking a senior post at the World Health Organisation. Audio
Tonga stirred up by Shane Jones
New Zealand's associate finance minister, Shane Jones, says closely failed states in the Pacific have become gateways for shipping methamphetamine and other drugs into this country, but his comments… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 18 May 2018
The subsidiary of a major Malaysian company has agreed in mediation to renegotiate land deals in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain; a call for to be done to help communities affected by nuclear… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 14 May 2018
A large Papua New Guinea secondary school is preparing to close at the end of this week due to funding shortfalls, leaving it unable to meet its operating costs and providing food for boarding… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 11 May 2018
Community turns out to support Rotuma Language Week's debut in Auckland as part of efforts to save the UN endangered language and culture; fears failed LNG commitments could cause unrest in PNG's… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 10 May 2018
More people forced to flee Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island; Hawaii struggling with recovery and aid efforts following flash flooding and landslides last month; PNG prime minister challenged on… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 8 May 2018
French Polynesia incumbent party is comfortably re-elected; Pasifika children in Auckland have an 18 times greater chance of developing type 2 diabetes than their European peers, according to new… Audio
Why NZ should talk to Tokelau about an air service
The director of Massey University's Pasifika Centre says the New Zealand Government needs to talk with Tokelau about air services to the atolls. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 25 April 2018
Pacific leaders have joined an ambitious commitment to eliminate malaria from the Asia-Pacific by 2030; one of the two companies vying to re-open Bougainville's Panguna mine has told the Australian… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 24 April 2018
The Vanuatu Government says it has received a number of offers of land to accommodate Ambae Islanders forced to move by the latest volcanic eruption; Ruling Tapura Huiraatira wins most votes in first… Audio