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'The girl from Tahiti': Pacific Islands in the Epstein files
A preliminary check of the latest Jeffrey Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice identifies several notable appearances of Pacific Island countries.
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Tuilaepa steps down from Lakapi Samoa
9 Mar 2026The change is now in effect with Lakapi Samoa president Namulauulu Sami Leota serving as interim chairman.
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'Music Portrait of a Humble Disabled Samoan': Fonotī Pati Umaga brings his story to the stage
4 Mar 2026When Fonotī Pati Umaga slipped in the shower in 2005, he didn't know it would be the last day he would ever feel his legs.
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Tokelau airport project scrapped despite multi-million dollar design
23 Jan 2026New Zealand has scrapped a project to build an airport in Tokelau after sinking NZD$3 million into the design phase.
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Papua New Guinea fully retires debt for Liquefied Natural Gas project
10 Mar 2026Papua New Guinea's largest resource development has reached a milestone more than a decade in the making.
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'Thank God': Parents of conjoined twins grateful they defied medical advice
23 Jan 2026The parents of rare conjoined twins say doctors in Papua New Guinea told them to take the boys home as they were beyond hope.
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NZDF rescues two people stranded at sea south of Tonga
19 Feb 2026The men had left Tongatapu 10 days prior and were declared missing shortly after departure, discovered by an Air Force P-8A Poseidon en route to the South-West Pacific.
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Marshallese deported by ICE 'having the hardest time'
11 Feb 2026People deported to the Marshall Islands from the United States face a tough road to survival, experiencing difficulties being accepted by locals and often lacking the basics of life. Audio
Presenters
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Christina Persico
Station: Pacific
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IIiesa Tora
Station: Pacific
Programme: World & Pacific News
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Koroi Hawkins
Station: Pacific
Programme: Untold Pacific History
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Marama T-Pole
Stations: Pacific, National
Programme: News
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Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor
Station: Pacific
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Susana Suisuiki
Station: Pacific
Programme: Pacific Waves
Programmes
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World & Pacific News
A bulletin of Pacific News and a sports report.
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Tagata o te Moana
A weekly Pacific magazine programme features New Zealand and regional Pacific news, issues, information and music. This programme is also simulcast domestically on RNZ National.
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News in Pacific Languages
Pacific language news bulletins in Tongan, Samoan, Pidgin, French, Cook Islands Maori and Niuean.
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Pacific Waves
A daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in…