Don Wiseman
3 pm RNZ Pacific News for 15 April 2021
The Niue goverment has announced the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will be used to innoculate the population against Covid-19. Audio
1pm RNZ Pacific News for 15 April 2021
The party looking to form a new government in Samoa is alleging "anomolies" during last week's election. Audio
3pm Pacific Regional News for 14 April 2021
Pacific civil society groups have written to the British government seeking support on calls for an international deepsea mining moratorium. Audio
1pm RNZ Pacific News for 14 April 2021
A plan to vaccinate thousands of people in Solomon Islands with the AstraZeneca jab is going ahead next week with increased monitoring in light of some safety concerns. Audio
The Tonga whale ban and calls for its lifting
Earlier this month a whale washed ashore in Tonga's northern island group of Haa'apai and it's resurrected calls for an end to Tonga's ban on hunting whales. Audio
3pm Pacific Regional News for 13 April
The Cook Islands opposition says details of the agreement with New Zealand over the Covid-19 vaccine must be made public. Audio
3pm Pacific Regional News for 12 April 2021
Papua New Guinea police are warning of a "whole-out war" in Eastern Highlands province after 19 people were killed in tribal violence. Audio
1pm RNZ Pacific News for 12 April 2021
The woman who could soon become Samoa's first female prime minister is to have talks with the potential queenmaker in the new parlaiment. Audio
It's looking brighter for the Marshalls community in Arkansas
Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic RNZ Pacific has regularly touched base with one of the more isolated islander communities on the United States mainland. Audio
3pm Pacific Regional News for 9 April 2021
The death toll following flash floods and landslides in Timor-Leste last weekend has risen to over 40. Audio
PNG's covid-hit hospital hopeful of return to full services
The Chief executive of Papua New Guinea's main hospital hopes it will to return to full services before the end of the month. Audio
3pm Pacific Regional News for 7 April 2021
The chief executive officer of Papua New Guinea's main hospital says there are hopes of returning to full services before the end of the month. Audio
4pm Pacific Regional News for 1 April 2021
A Fijian political activist whose home was reportedly raided by anti-corruption officials last week has been charged with sedition. Ben Padarath was also charged for attempting to defeat the course of… Audio
