Dominic Godfrey
Honour for contribution to bilingual Samoan-English education
A prominent Samoan writer and academic is to be honoured for her contribution to a bilingual Samoan-English Education system. Audio
Samoa at critical stage for women's representation
Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister says the country is reaching a critical time for women's representation and that traditional political constructs, which were formally defined at independence, risk being… Audio
Tagata o te Moana for 11 May 2019
Papua New Guinea's prime minister Peter O'Neill has used his mastery of parliamentary proceedings to frustrate the opposition's attempts to remove him. Bolstered by recent defections from government… Audio
Samoan-New Zealand award winning artist on show
South Auckland artist Andy Leleisi'uao says he's still angry but his perspective has grown to appreciate more than just a Pacific world view. Audio
NZ to learn from Samoa's climate change experience
Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is in New Zealand to talk about the Pacific response to climate change at this week's Just Transition Summit in Taranaki which aims to help plot New… Audio
Pacific starts to mainstream climate and disaster planning
Mainstreaming climate change and disaster risk management into everyday planning is the aim of a series of meetings organised as part of the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific, or… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 6 May 2019
PNG's prime minister under growing pressure to resign; Leading Fiji unionist says detention was overeaction and abnormal for a democracy; PhD student hopes his research will lead to more support and… Audio
Dateline Pacific for 3 May 2019
An Indonesian court has jailed a Polish man for five years after he was convicted of treason for meeting with West Papuan rebels; Papua New Guinea politics is going through one of its spells of… Audio
ADB board meets in Fiji, a Pacific first
Fiji is the first Pacific country to host an Asian Development Bank Board of Governors meeting with around 3000 delegates visiting Nadi for the 52nd ADB annual gathering. Audio
NZ Aus trade unions stand with Fiji workers
New Zealand's Council of Trade Unions says it's concerned about the plight of Fiji Water Authority workers and the arrest of several union leaders in recent days. Audio
Colonial exploitation of Banaba on show in New Zealand
Seventy four years ago the people of Banaba were evicted from their homeland so that its phosphate could be stripped to fertilise farms in Australia and New Zealand. Today, the Banaban artist and… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 29 April 2019
PNG's prime minister Peter O'Neill is playing down the significance of five resignations from his People's National Congress party on Friday following resignations earlier this month by two cabinet… Audio
Sport: PNG cricketers regain ODI status
Papua New Guinea have regained One Day International status after finishing third at the World Cricket League Division Two event in Namibia. Audio
Dateline Pacific for 15 April 2019
An Australian academic and environmental management expert says the oil spill in Rennell was not just an accident but an inevitable outcome of a broken system; the International Organisation for… Audio
NZ voluntary euthanasia bill opposed by Pasifika community
People from New Zealand's Pacific communities have rallied at parliament against a proposal to legalise voluntary euthanasia. Audio
Pacific people "belittled" by lack of consultation over voluntary euthanasia
People from New Zealand's Pacific communities have rallied at parliament against a proposal to legalise voluntary euthanasia. Audio
Tagata o te Moana for 6 April 2019
Fiji's prime minister Frank Bainimarama has apologised to three New Zealand journalists from Newsroom detained overnight in the capital Suva and released without charge after the government… Audio