News & Current Affairs
Today’s latest stories and current affairs happening locally and all across the Pacific
13 November 2025
Source: SPREP While its islands may be small and low-lying, Kiribati is a mighty ocean state. At COP30, Kiribati is spotlighting its strength and resilience through building resilient development pathways…
13 November 2025
Source: Peter de Graaf/RNZ Pacific Forty years after its first visit sparked the revival of Māori ocean voyaging, the Hawaiian waka Hōkūleʻa is due back at Waitangi tomorrow (Friday) as…
10 November 2025
Source: SPREP Instrumental in forming the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) to fight for the 1.5°C temperature limit, and for a framework that could deliver it, the Republic of Marshall Islands…
5 November 2025
Source: RNZ Pacific via Cook Islands News Tiare Henry-Anguna of Tupapa Maraerenga has been crowned Miss Cook Islands 2025, representing the islands of Enuamanu Atiu and Tumutevarovaro Rarotonga. Last staged…
4 November 2025
Source: RNZ A Pacific healthcare provider in Auckland is ramping up efforts to reach people who are not immunised against measles, despite hitting a wall with some families. There were…
3 November 2025
By Michelle Curran Strategic Communications, Pasifika TV Visionary Pacific storytelling is on full show at this year’s Hawai’i International Film Festival (HIFF45), across the island chain, from Oahu to Moloka’i.…
3 November 2025
By Michelle Curran Strategic Communications, Pasifika TV The resounding success of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi show Chief of War and Te Reo Māori series Tangata Pai, is evidence of the desire for…
3 November 2025
By Michelle Curran Strategic Communications, Pasifika TV After a fire nearly destroyed Broadcasting Corporation of Niue’s (BCN) S-VHS and DVCAM videotapes – and Niue’s treasured history captured on camera –…
31 October 2025
Source: by Mark Rabago/RNZ Pacific A massive latte stone from Rota has finally returned to the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) after more than seven decades overseas. The stone pillar –…
27 October 2025
Source: SPC The Pacific Community (SPC) is celebrating the return of its flagship television programme, The Pacific Way, marking 30 years as the region’s longest-running Pacific-led storytelling series. Originally launched to…
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