News & Current Affairs
Today’s latest stories and current affairs happening locally and all across the Pacific
18 February 2026
Palau’s Lincy Lee Marino says rather than replacing traditional oral storytelling of her homeland, digital technology is a much-needed vessel to move stories beyond physical spaces and reach wider audiences.…
17 February 2026
By Michelle Curran Executive Communications Manager, Pasifika TV/PCBL Co-producer Esther Pavihi hopes Descendants of Niue: Tau Hologa Niue is a catalyst to encourage more Niueans to share stories from their…
17 February 2026
Source: RNZ Pacific Former Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna has been appointed interim director of the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) at the East-West Center, effective immediately. According to…
17 February 2026
Youth advocate Pita Loloma says listening is an essential part of storytelling, which he uses to amplify the achievements and concerns of Fiji’s young people. Suva-based, Pita wears many…
16 February 2026
Source: RNZ Pacific Ailava Samuels of Fiji is the new Miss Pacific Islands. Ailava won the beauty pageant on home soil during the crowning night in Nadi on Saturday, marking…
16 February 2026
Source: RNZ Pacific A State of Origin match will be played in Eden Park in Auckland in 2027 following three years of high-level talks with the NRL and the Australian…
16 February 2026
By Michelle Curran Executive Communications Manager, Pasifika TV/PCBL In Gagana Samoa, upu means word, and the theatre production UPU takes the meaning to a whole other level. In 2018, creative…
13 February 2026
Source: RNZ Pacific Traditional medicines in Samoa and Aotearoa are being investigated for their potential to treat viral illnesses. Auckland University’s senior lecturer Natalie Netzler – Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Hauā…
12 February 2026
Source: RNZ Pacific Four debutants will start for Fijian Drua against Moana Pasifika in the opening match of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific competition in Lautoka. Former French international Virimi…
12 February 2026
Source: RNZ Pacific New analysis has confirmed the Western Pacific region has recorded its fifth warmest year ever in 2025 since 1940. The Copernicus Climate Change Service’s ERA5 dataset – the world’s…
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