Episodes

  • Pacific Waves for 2 August 2024

    Pacific Waves for 2 August 2024
    Aug 1 2024
    RNZ Pacific launches new shortwave transmitter; Guam landowners protest against increased military presence; Controversy surrounds International Seabed Authority election; Samoa's flag a rememberance of country's past struggles.
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    20 mins
  • RNZ Pacific launches new shortwave transmitter

    RNZ Pacific launches new shortwave transmitter
    Aug 1 2024
    New Zealand's deputy Prime Minister says shortwave radio in the Pacific is "more important now" than in 1990 when RNZ Pacific first broadcast into the region.
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    4 mins
  • Guam landowners protest against increased military presence

    Guam landowners protest against increased military presence
    Aug 1 2024
    The deadline for submissions on long range missile testing for Guam closes on August 2.
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    7 mins
  • Controversy surrounds ISA election

    Controversy surrounds ISA election
    Aug 1 2024
    In Jamaica lobbying continues apace ahead of the election of the head of the International Seabed Authority.
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    6 mins
  • Samoa's flag a remembrance of country's past struggles

    Samoa's flag a remembrance of country's past struggles
    Aug 1 2024
    A tutor in Samoan indigenous studies says most Samoan people are not fully aware of the history behind their nation's flag.
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    3 mins
  • Pacific Waves for 1 August 2024

    Pacific Waves for 1 August 2024
    Jul 31 2024
    Poverty the main driver of Fiji's drug crisis - minister; Tuvalu supportive of deep sea mining moratorium; 'Hit by tidal wave' remote island in FSM needs seawall; More Pacific languages added to Google Translate
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    19 mins
  • Poverty the main driver of Fiji's drug crisis - minister

    Poverty the main driver of Fiji's drug crisis - minister
    Jul 31 2024
    Fiji's home affairs minister says poverty is driving the drug crisis in Fiji but he insists the government can turn things around
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    3 mins
  • Tuvalu supportive of deep sea mining moratorium

    Tuvalu supportive of deep sea mining moratorium
    Jul 31 2024
    Tuvalu has joined the call for a precautionary pause on deep sea mining at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) meeting
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    3 mins