Dominic Godfrey
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 7 March 2019
Vanuatu's president appears to be relenting to pressure and looks set to pardon 14 former MPs who were convicted and jailed for corruption in 2016; Kiribati's first digital television station is now… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 6 March 2019
Refugees detained on Manus Island launch a fresh bid for freedom through Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court; Foreign businesses looking to establish in the Pacific region should be aware of human rights… Audio
Court proceedings into PNG's Rabaul Queen disaster re-open
Court procedings have been reopened into Papua New Guinea's deadliest maritime disaster. Audio
Tagata o te Moana for 2 March 2019
An environmental disaster is unfolding on the Solomon Island of Rennell, with tonnes of oil spilling into an internationally-significant marine reserve; Unicef says the current cyclone season drives… Audio
World Rugby league proposal would exclude Pacific teams
There's outrage that a new proposal for a top international league by World Rugby's governing body would exclude Pacific Island nations. Audio
Samoa's diaspora causing cultural friction back home
The director of Samoa's Nu'u Cultural Centre says the disconnect with traditional Fa'a Samoa culture among the diaspora in other countries is causing a dangerous friction with people back home. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 28 February 2019
Leaders from the government, churches and social services came together in Auckland last week to find solutions to end family violence in Pacific families; Tongan travellers to New Zealand are being… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 27 February 2019
An environmental disaster is unfolding on the Solomon Island of Rennell, with tonnes of oil spilling into an internationally-significant marine reserve; Staff providing services to refugees detained… Audio
Air Vanuatu announces massive growth plans
Air Vanuatu's new chief executive says a new fleet of aircraft will allow for significant growth towards the country's ambitious 2030 tourism vision. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 26 February 2019
A year on from a magnitude 7.5 earthquake disaster in Papua New Guinea, the worst-affected communities are still struggling for basic needs; a lawyer with the New Zealand Defence Force says outdated… Audio
Fiji's Rabuka calls for election observer report to be tabled
Fiji's opposition leader is calling on the government to use the Multinational Observer Group report on the 2018 election as a basis for electoral improvements. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 25 February 2019
Three years after airlines abruptly pulled their services, a rebuild of the runway at Vanuatu's main international airport is nearly finished; Rarotonga is struggling to cope with over a thousand… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 22 February 2019
PNG's Catholic church is urging the government to do more to help refugees and asylum seekers in the country find resettlement whether they're confined on Manus or from across the land border with… Audio
Ocean acidification and the threat to coral reefs
Threats posed to Pacific Island countries by the rapidly increasing acidification of the world's oceans have been discussed at a workshop in New Zealand. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 21 February 2019
The changing role in the Pacific relating to transnational crimes has been highlighted at a recent workshop in Samoa run by the Pacific Immigration Development Community; More than a hundred years… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 20 February 2019
A refugee advocate says new laws restricting medical transfers off the island are putting refugee lives at risk; Papua New Guinea's most wanted criminal Tommy Baker has been urged to hand himself in… Audio
Atypical weather patterns set to dominate tropical South Pacific
Droughts or above average rainfall are likely for much of the South Pacific in coming months. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 18 February 2019
There are hopes the creation of an anti-corruption regional committee will strengthen checks and balances around good governance in the Pacific; the World Bank's vice president for East Asia and the… Audio
Samoan NZ play takes its Pacific themes to Australia's Fringe
Talofa Papa is an award winning one man show centering around an endearing and wily grandfather character who's missing his New Zealand born aiga or extended family around him in the family home. Audio
