Johnny Blades
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 2 July 2018
Pasifika women twice as likely to die from breast cancer in NZ than palagi; Fiji business fundraises for water systems in villages; a renewed push for Australia's ABC to bring back its Pacific… Audio
Manus police chief justifies use of curfew
The police chief in Papua New Guinea's Manus province has defended the use of an overnight curfew for refugees in Lorengau. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 25 June 2018
Samoa will become the latest country to ban all single-use plastics from next year; UN relief team trucks on with relief efforts in PNG Highlands; China's broadcasting foray into the Pacific is helped… Audio
UN relief team trucks on with relief efforts in PNG Highlands
United Nations aid workers helping provide relief for victims of Papua New Guinea's earthquake disaster in February have returned to the capital of Southern Highlands province after earlier pulling… Audio
China shortwave foray into Pacific helped by Aus withdrawal
China is making a concerted foray into radio broadcasting in the Pacific Islands, and is taking up a lot of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's former shortwave radio frequencies into the… Audio
Tagata o te Moana for 23 June 2018
We hear that sugar taxes are starting to work for the Pacific; Political and tribal violence compounds struggles in PNG's quake-hit Highlands; A PNG domestic violence helpline says the issue is… Audio
Political and tribal violence in PNG compounding struggles
Political and tribal violence in Papua New Guinea's Highlands is compounding the struggles of a region devastated by a major earthquake nearly four months ago. Audio
PNG highlands unrest exposes deep political divisions
Gangs carrying high-powered weapons are threatening to derail a fragile peace in Papua New Guinea's Southern Highlands. Last Friday the PNG government declared a state of emergency in the province for… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 20 June 2018
Is Nauru lurching towards authoritarianism?; Head of PNG Highlands emergency operations to work with community; Norfolk wage surge threatens business and jobs; Solomon Islands women encouraged to take… Audio
Head of PNG Highlands emergency operations to work with community
The man appointed to oversee Papua New Guinea's State of Emergency operations in Southern Highlands province says he will work to bring the community on side. Audio
Unrest in PNG's Highlands exposes deep political divisions
A build-up of high powered weapons is clouding prospects for peace in Papua New Guinea's Southern Highlands province after significant unrest sparked there last week. Audio
