Don Wiseman
Oxfam wants change in Pacific climate aid
Oxfam says New Zealand is not doing enough to help Pacific countries cope with the effects of climate change. Audio
No sign yet of Cook Islands prison audit
An audit report into allegations of corruption and mismanagement at the Cook Islands Arorangi Prison is still to be completed. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 5 September 2016
Papua New Guinea's capacity to hold high-level corruption to account is under the spotlight after the former prime minister Sir Michael Somare was implicated in a Singapore money laundering case… Audio
Danish MPs stopped from travelling to Nauru
An advisor for some of the Danish MPs who were stopped from travelling to Nauru on a fact-finding mission last week says he's not surprised it happened. Audio
Call for PNG police reinforcement in Tari over tribal fighting
There are calls for more police deployments to Papua New Guinea's Hela province where inter-tribal fighting has flared in and around the provincial capital Tari over the past week. Audio
Former president of Nauru has passport cancelled
Nauru's former president says he can't leave the country for life-saving medical treatment because his passport's been seized after he took part in an anti-government protest. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 31 Augst 2016
Transparency in PNG raises concerns about the banning of students at the University of Papua New Guinea; A former Nauru secretary of justice is querying the right of the Government to withdraw… Audio
Nauru passport ban queried
A former secretary of justice in Nauru, David Lambourne, says passports cannot be withdrawn on the basis of alleged past conduct. Audio
Late Edition for 30 August 2016
Fears of a spike in the cost of serious allergy treatment; studying the humans around a wildlife sanctuary; and in Dateline Pacific why the Nauru government is cancelling dozens of passports. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 30 August 2016
Stunned by mass Nauru passport cancellation - Peter Law; Pacific leaders not inclined to criticise Nauru - academic; Poor data handicaps Marshalls' poverty response; The Tongan govt is confident of… Audio
Stunned by mass Nauru passport cancellation - Peter Law
A former resident magistrate on Nauru says the latest actions of the island's government are bewildering. Audio
Pacific leaders not inclined to criticise Nauru - academic
A New Zealand academic says there is a need for Pacific leaders to develop a new approach to regional issues at their summit next month. Audio
Cooks Islands looking at mini hydro schemes
A businessman in the Cook Islands is planning a small hydro electricity operation to satisfy some of Rarotonga's night time power needs. Audio
Tagata o te Moana for 27 August 2016
People on Fiji's devastated Koro Island are foraging for wild food, milling their own timber and sewing fishing nets out of vines to survive six months after Cyclone Winston; There's a tone of… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 26 August 2016
Incentives for Pacific doctors and strategies for tackling health issues have been workshopped in New Zealand this week; The leader of Bougainville's Me-ekamui rebel group, Chris Uma, says the spat… Audio
Cook Islands farm using canola oil to run its tractors
A commercial vegetable grower on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands is recycling canola oil as fuel for its vehicles. Audio
Cooks tourism booming but new approach advocated
An ongoing tourism research exercise in the Cook Islands shows the need for the country to move from attracting greater numbers to having people stay longer and spend more. Audio