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Source: Wantok Musik Wantok Musik Foundation’s Music for Change: Pacific Women is helping to transform and strengthen women-led music and storytelling across the Pacific, beginning in Bougainville and Tonga, in June and August 2026, respectively. Through collaborative songwriting, mentoring, recording,...

Source: RNZ Pacific The US Tsunami Warning Center has issued advisories for parts of the Pacific following a massive earthquake off Mindanao in the Philippines. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck at a depth of 63km at Mindanao. The warning center...

Source: RNZ Pacific The south coastline of Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island has been buffeted by huge rafts of pumice created by an erupting undersea volcano in the Bismarck Sea. Located around 125 kilometres southeast of Manus, the volcano has...

By Michelle Curran Executive Communications Manager, Pasifika TV/PCBL Vulnerable island communities in the region will stay connected and informed in times of emergency thanks to Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Limited’s (PCBL) Emergency Response Unit for the Pacific. The unit is being...

Source: RNZ Pacific Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine has told a high-level forum in Japan that island states need greater access to finance, and technology to better manage their oceans. Heine is among a handful of Pacific leaders –...

Source: Fiji Sun Pacific women leaders warn global conflicts are driving up costs and disproportionately affecting women, girls and vulnerable communities across the region. The warning came during the fifth Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Women Leaders Meeting, which brought together...

Source: NBC (PNG) Media leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region signed a communique in Port Moresby, marking the official close of the 16th Pacific Media Partnership Conference. The communique outlines key actions agreed on during the two-day conference and sets...

Source: VBTC Media leaders from across the Pacific are calling for less talk and more action when it comes to regional cooperation, warning that competition for funding, content, and broadcast rights continues to hold the industry back. At the Pacific...

Source: RNZ Pacific A new bid to rescue Moana Pasifika has emerged, with a consortium led by a Los Angeles-based tech multimillionaire exploring plans to relocate the Super Rugby franchise to Hawaii, RNZ understands. The proposal has emerged just days...

Source: RNZ The Minister for Media and Communications has appointed Brent Impey as the new chair of RNZ, alongside Paula Browning and Richard Dellabarca as new governors. Paul Goldsmith says the appointments “will bolster the Board for the next three...