Don Wiseman
Tapura wins first round of French Polynesia election
Ruling Tapura Huiraatira wins most votes in first round of French Polynesia's election of a new assembly. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 24 April 2018
The managing director of the Fiji magazine Islands Business believes a police case against him was designed purely to intimidate; an Australian woman who has been restoring graves on the coast of… Audio
Restoration of Cook Islands soldiers' graves ongoing
An Australian woman who has been restoring graves on the coast of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, says her work there will continue for some time. Audio
Tagata o te Moana for 21 April 2018
The evacuation of residents on the ash-covered Vanuatu island of Ambae is finally getting underway, as food supplies dwindle and disease starts to spread; new developments announced at the… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 20 April 2018
New developments announced at this week's Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in London have underlined a move by the British government to re-engage with the Pacific; analysis of UK's move to… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 20 April 2018
The evacuation of residents on the ash-covered Vanuatu island of Ambae is finally getting underway, as food supplies dwindle and disease starts to spread; Pacific reactions to Israel Folau's social… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 18 April 2018
An MP in Bougainville's autonomous regional parliament says it's important that there is a strong, emphatic vote by Bougainvilleans in next year's independence referendum; new Pacific parliamentarians… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 17 April 2018
The President of the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville has elaborated on why his government is saying no to mining at Panguna indefinitely; The Cook Islands is balancing the evolution… Audio
New Zealand airline steps in to take on troubled Norfolk route
Another New Zealand airline is stepping up to take on the troubled Norfolk Island/Auckland route. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 13 April 2018
A woman and her son survived Fiji's treacherous floods this week floating on a bed as it rose to within inches of the ceiling in their home; New Zealand is looking to provide more immediate aid and… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 13 April 2018
Tonga's Prime Minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, has fired the Minister for Internal Affairs 'Akosita Lavulavu; Samoa village payments for customary land lease queried on how it got distributed; concerns in… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 11 April 2018
Fiji and Tonga's outer islands bore the brunt of Cyclone Keni overnight as the category three storm swept through their waters; Kadavu bears the brunt of Cyclone Keni in Fiji; no help in Tahiti for… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 10 April 2018
There is a furore in Australia over concerns China is aiming to make a huge wharf it has built at Luganville in Vanuatu a naval base; a former Papua New Guinea government minister has denied that he… Audio