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This Pacific tourist destination is stockpiling guns like it's the US

Firearms have been multiplying fast in the Pacific territory, where civil tensions remain unresolved over the question of independence from France.

Published: 1h agoTue 13 May 2025 at 7:03amLocation: New CaledoniaTopic: Shootings

Illegal drug trade persists in Samoa

Samoa's police chief is sounding the alarm about the country's growing drug problems, with reports of even school children being caught dealing.

Duration: 5 minutes 5 seconds

Published: 3h agoTue 13 May 2025 at 4:58amLocation: PacificTopic: Crime

Claims Beijing issued 'shocking challenge' to Solomon Islands sovereignty

China's embassy in the Solomon Islands becomes embroiled in a foreign interference controversy after allegedly forcing a newly appointed minister in the Pacific island nation to quit an international group.

Two flags on flagpoles, one is for the Solomon Islands, the other is China's.

Published: YesterdayMon 12 May 2025 at 2:18amLocation: Solomon IslandsTopic: World Politics

Smuggled kava is smashing family finances in the remote NT, leaders say

Kava smuggling into the Northern Territory's remote Indigenous communities is on the rise, with local leaders fearing the black market price of the drink is draining family finances and fuelling social problems.

Large packets of a light brown powdery substance with red labels on top, stacked on a table.

Published: 13h agoMon 12 May 2025 at 7:32pmLocation: PacificTopic: Food and Drink

'Huge relief': Future secured for Cook Islands cemetery threatened by rising ocean

The Cook Islands Investment Corporation has stepped in to help restore and manage the Nikao Cemetery, the final resting place for generations of Cook Islands families, visitors, and veterans of World War I and World War II.

Six people stand around a sign titled 'Nikao Cemetery' with a cemetery, palm trees in background

Duration: 6 minutes 2 seconds

Published: 2h agoTue 13 May 2025 at 6:07amLocation: PacificTopic: Veterans

Meet the 'Trust Fall' guy and MC, Ma'a Brian Sagala

Ma'a Brian Sagala has gained a hefty social media following as the "Trust Fall" guy and with his MC gigs. Now, meet the man behind the mic.

A polynesian man in a white shirt faces the camera

Duration: 6 minutes 46 seconds

Published: 3h agoTue 13 May 2025 at 5:00am

The PNG students putting their own spin on Shakespeare

In PNG's capital, a group of talented young Papua New Guineans at the Moresby Art Theatre have staged their own rendition of Shakespeare's Hamlet called Hamlet Jones 675, bringing a uniquely modern spin to a play well over 400 years old.

A group of Papua New Guinean high school students pose for a group photo on a stage

Duration: 14 minutes 59 seconds

Published: YesterdayMon 12 May 2025 at 1:59amLocation: PacificTopic: Arts, Cultural and Entertainment Events

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Savea, Umaga, Mailata: Pasifika excellence across sporting fields is part of a legacy sowed decades ago

Ardie Savea. Fa'alogo Tana Umaga. Jordan Mailata: three sportsmen who were born and raised in Aotearoa New Zealand or Australia at different times but also representations of life-changing decisions their grandparents made when migrating from Samoa.

A man with no shirt kneeling next to a man wearing an ula and white hoodie next to a man with a red ula kneeling on the right

From Samoa to the NFL Draft: Laki Tasi carries family legacy into NFL draft dreams

Laki Tasi's story is grounded in his Samoan roots and the sacrifices of his parents.

Samoan man wears black as he trains for football

Tongan and Sydney schools rekindle their 90-year relationship

MLC School in Sydney, Australia and Queen Salote College in Tonga have reinvigorated their 90 year relationship which initially started in 1935 after the Queen of Tonga at the time, Queen Salote Tupou III visited.

A group of Australian and Tongan women with younger Australian women smile and pose on a balcony outside a school building

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Connecting the Pacific with entertaining interviews, compelling chat and a splash of island music.

Duration: 55 minutes

How Pacific university students took climate change to the world’s highest court

From Vanuatu to The Hague this is the story of how Pacific students teamed up with Vanuatu’s government to call for climate justice at the ICJ.

A Ni-Vanuatu man in a suit stands at a podium speaking in front of a crowd of sitting at tables inside a court room

Duration: 28 minutes 24 seconds

Anger in PNG over supermarket beating video

Anger in PNG over viral video of a woman and child being beaten in a supermarket.

Duration: 47 minutes

Gordon Chan Kum Tong has been defying the critics his whole life

After being told he was too short to make it for most of his juniors, the satisfaction to play in the NRL with Manly and for Toa Samoa for Gordon Chan Kum Tong was next level.

Duration: 53 minutes 55 seconds

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Online fame puts endangered geckos at risk

Social media drives demand for New Caledonian geckos placing the special reptiles at risk of poaching and habitat loss.

Duration: 1 minute 59 seconds

Topic: Endangered and Protected Species

Jarrod Bridges bodysurfing Hawaii’s famed Pipeline break

Jarrod Bridges in action at Hawaii’s famed Pipeline break, showcasing the power and precision of bodysurfing.

Duration: 17 seconds

Topic: Surfing

Tourists are flocking back to Port Vila as the city rebuilds from its December 17 earthquake.

Some residents say Port Vila's reconstruction effort is an opportunity to rethink the city.

Men and children walk or stand on a small beach of yellow sand with palm trees fronting turquoise waters.

Topic: Earthquakes

Solomon Islands PM holds off leadership challenge

The opposition has now withdrawn a no-confidence motion against Jeremiah Manele.

Duration: 4 minutes 2 seconds

Topic: World Politics

Pacific Break

Solomon Islands artist Chris Kamu’ana Rohoimae wins Pacific Break 2024

Solomon Islands artist Chris Kamu’ana Rohoimae has been crowned the winner of Pacific Break 2024, beating more than 300 entries with his song Naratana manu.

Solomon Island man sits outdoors, wears blue shirt and flute around his neck. Smiles looking to his right

Topic: Arts, Culture and Entertainment

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Vanuatu woman MP Marie Louise Milne talem klia wae hem no vout long Palamen

Two women sitting together wear colourful pandanus leaf sarlu sarlus.

Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds

Bougainville Nissan na Atolls i hamamas long disasta relief saplai

Disasta relief saplai ikamap long Nissan na Atolls (S. Rennethsie)

Duration: 5 minutes 3 seconds

Kwesten mak long fiuja blong Oxfam long Vanuatu

Oxfam NGO hem save help bigwan long Vanuatu (Oxfam FB pic)

Duration: 5 minutes 57 seconds

Wai na Life PNG Care ino stap insait long bung blong lukautim ol street pikinini?

Duration: 6 minutes 14 seconds

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