Don Wiseman
Cooks hopes NZ labourers will be attracted to the country
The Cook Islands Government brings in permits to entice New Zealand building labourers to consider six months of work there. Audio
EU and SPC helping Pacific small coconut growers
Efforts are being made to improve the productivity of small coconut producers around the Pacific. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 21 October 2016
Communities in several provinces in mainland Papua New Guinea are reeling from the impacts of floods and landslides caused by heavy rains. Seven people are understood to have been killed in one… Audio
Norfolk Islands finds a champion in Pauline Hanson
An Australian Senator calls for a reversal of the changes Canberra has made on Norfolk Island. Audio
Murders leave Cook Islands reeling
Killings on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands leaves the island reeling. Audio
Push to have more Pasifika and Maori in NZ business
A New Zealand charity group called TupuToa is aiming to get more Maori and Pacific Islanders involved in the business world. Audio
Anger in the Cooks as tuna deal sewn up
The Cook Islands environmental group Te Ipukarea is furious the government has gone ahead and formalised a fishing deal with the European Union. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 19 October 2016
Amnesty International says New Zealanders want this country to speak out of Nauru detention camps abuses; an academic specialising in West Papua says Pacific Islands peoples are taking the lead on… Audio
Survey backs call for NZ to speak up over Nauru
Amnesty International says most New Zealanders want this country to take a stronger stance over Australia's offshore detention camps. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 18 October 2016
The human rights organisation, Amnesty Internnational, says refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru face a deliberate and systematic regime of neglect and cruelty; Papua New Guinea's struggle to contain… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 18 October 2016
An academic specialising in West Papua says Pacific Islands peoples are taking the lead on issues of decolonisation within the region, and that it's beginning to make an impact on the geopolitic… Audio
Tagata o te Moana for 15 October 2016
Refugee children engaging in self harm and attempting suicide on Nauru has prompted a psychiatrist to expose the damage caused by Australia's offshore detention; Violence between refugees and locals… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 14 October 2016
Refugee children engaging in self harm and attempting suicide on Nauru has prompted a psychiatrist to expose the damage caused by Australia's offshore detention; Samoa's Chamber of commerce is… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 13 October 2016
Some of the challenges Pacific island countries face in implementing human rights goals have been identified at a regional meeting in Fiji; Offshore detention blamed for violence among detainees on… Audio
Sport: Tietjens set to be take charge of Samoa 7s
Sir Gordon Tietjens is expected to be appointed head coach of the Samoa sevens team. Audio
Success of PNG anti-corruption scheme recognised
The head of the United Nations System in Papua New Guinea says they are delighted with an international award given to the "Phones Against Corruption" initiative. Audio
Tagata o te Moana for 8 October 2016
Caritas calls for rethink on climate aid as shortages start to bite; French Polynesia's government has put its case for the territory to be removed from the United Nations decolonisation list; a… Audio
Query over Norfolk administrator's trip to London
The Australian appointed administrator to Norfolk Island is believed to be in London courting backing for his government's controversial removal of the island's autonomy. Audio
