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A small Māori community is celebrating a huge win against eight decades of sand mining on their coastline. Teuila Fuatai has more. Audio

In Aotearoa, a small Maori community is celebrating a huge win against 80 years of sand mining on their coastline. Audio

New information shows Canadian mining group The Metals Company or TMC is a step closer to deep sea mining in international waters under controversial US laws. Audio

It's now confirmed! No external partners have been invited to the Pacific Leaders meeting in Solomon Islands. Audio

New Zealand's foreign minister Winston Peters is blaming nations that are not part of the Pacific Islands Forum for causing disagreements between members. Audio

The Tongan government has a new contract with Canadian mining group The Metals Company or TMC. Audio

Laws over international deep sea mining are being thrashed out at a meeting in Jamaica, but the process has so far taken over a decade and we don't even have a draft set of rules Audio

Nauru is a step closer to mining in international waters under highly contentious US legislation. Audio

In Tonga, deepsea mining continues to attract attention. Audio

In Aotearoa this week, a special dawn ceremony commemorated the 40-year anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior. Audio

Forty years ago on Thursday French agents bombed the Rainbow Warrior killing one person on board. The Greenpeace protest ship was docked in Auckland - due to sail a few days' later for the French… Audio

Vanuatu and Australia are set to re-ink an important strategic agreement in September. Audio

In Aotearoa, advocates are questioning why proposed law changes to out-of-hours immigration visits - like dawn raids - doesn't outlaw them entirely. Audio

Pacific advocates say a proposed law change for out-of-hours immigration visits, like dawn raids, doesn't go far enough. The contentious enforcement practice involves immigration officers searching… Audio

The Tongan government cotinues to grapple with a cyberattack on its health ministry. Audio

In Aotearoa New Zealand, education advocates say a government decision to remove special funding for Pacific and Maori students in vocational courses harks back to the days of a one-size-fits all… Audio

Education advocates have said a government decision to remove special funding for Pacific and Māori students in vocational courses harks back to the days of a one-size-fits all education model. The… Audio

Leaders from Papua New Guinea and Bougainville are currently in talks about the region's independence at Burnham military camp, just outside Christchurch. Audio

Now to Vanuatu where 600 of the country's teachers have been involved in a year-long strike. Audio

World leaders, civil society groups, scientists and businesses will gather in France next week for the third UN Ocean Conference. Audio