Kiribati
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 19 June 2018
Norfolk wage surge threatens business and jobs; Solomon Islands women encouraged to take up politics; An i-Kiribati man wants every local family to use hydroponics to grow food; Online child abuse and… Audio
Kiribati man wants to increase hydroponic food growth
An i-Kiribati man wants every family in the country to use hydroponics to grow food, and he has a plan to make it happen. Audio
Kiribati man keen to expand hydroponics
A Kiribati man has come up with an ambitious target to get every family in Kiribati growing plants and vegetables hydroponically.
One dead and hundreds sick from dengue in Kiribati
One child has died and nearly 500 people have become unwell in Kiribati over the past two months due to suspected dengue fever.
Anote Tong says cutting emissions won't save Kiribati
A former Kiribati president and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Anote Tong says the Paris Climate Agreement came too late for low-lying Pacific states like Kiribati. Audio
Anote Tong on saving his sinking island nation
Former president of Kiribati Anote Tong talks to Kathryn Ryan about his continued fight to save his low-lying island nation from disappearing into the Pacific ocean before the end of this century… Audio
Anote Tong says cutting emissions won't save Kiribati
A former Kiribati president and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Anote Tong says the Paris Climate Agreement has come too late for low-lying Pacific states like Kiribati. Audio
Call for help for Pacific's neglected nuclear test victims
An academic who specialises in disarmament says more needs to be done to help the Pacific Islands region's victims of nuclear weapons testing. Audio
Kiribati inquiry into ferry sinking seeks more time
Kiribati's Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Butiraoi says it needs to conduct further investigations before it can release its findings to the public.
Preventing disaster: Pacific maritime safety examined
New Zealand Defence Force aircraft are spending hundreds of expensive hours every year looking for missing fishing boats and ferries in the Pacific. Audio
Kiribati ferry disaster motion defeated
The opposition in Kiribati has expressed concern over limits placed on the number of MPs allowed to speak to its motion on January's ferry disaster.
Submarine cable deals signed for Kiribati and Nauru
Deals have been signed this week to help fund submarine cables to get high-speed internet to Kiribati and Nauru.
Kiribati TV venture hopes to connect islands
There are plans to provide Kiribati with its first digital television station, including the country's only local channel. Audio
MV Butiraoi did not comply with own safety plan
An expert in maritime safety says the Kiribati ferry, which sank in January with the loss of more than 80 lives, didn't comply with its own safety plan. Audio
Expert says Butiraoi didn't comply with own safety plan
An expert in maritime safety says the Kiribati ferry which sank with all aboard in January didn't comply with its own safety plan. Audio
Kiribati to get its first TV station
Kiribati is set to get its first television station with Wave TV expected to kick off services within a few months. Audio
Plans for first digital TV station in Kiribati
There are plans to provide Kiribati with its first digital television station, including the country's only local channel.
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 30 April 2018
Sixty years after Britain conducted its largest nuclear test in Kiribati, veterans continue to demand recognition and compensation; Concern over baby deaths in Fiji hospitals; Touted as an economic… Audio
UK nuclear test veterans pushing for recognition 60 years on
Sixty years after Britain conducted its largest nuclear test in Kiribati, veterans who were there are continuing to demand recognition and compensation, but Britain continues to insist its tests were… Audio
For veterans of British nuclear tests, a 60-year fight for recognition goes on
It's 60 years since Britain conducted its largest-ever nuclear test in Kiribati. As it looks to come back to the Pacific, Britain continues to insist its nuclear legacy is clean, contrary to veterans'…