News & Current Affairs
Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Limited (PCBL) aims to bring the best of New Zealand content to you via its contribution feed service Pasifika TV. We will keep you updated with the latest news and current affairs happening locally and from the Pacific.
Aotearoa may help Pacific Islanders in the Middle East where feasible
A spokesperson for Aotearoa New Zealand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs says where feasible, they may assist Pacific people in the Middle East.
The...
Underdog choir stars of Fiji short film
By Michelle Curran
Strategic Communications, Pasifika TV
Everyone loves an underdog, and Fiji choir Primanavia is winning hearts by sharing their remarkable...
Micronesian ocean advocate says collaboration between regions is essential
By Michelle Curran
Strategic Communications, Pasifika TV
Born and raised in Pohnpei, in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), marine consultant Jasmine...
Melanesian leaders announce world's largest Indigenous-led marine reserve
Source: Islands Knowledge Institute
At the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), the Governments of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu announced their intention...
United Nations ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments
Source: UN News
Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on June 13, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third United...
Staying ahead of the rapidly evolving media landscape in the Pacific is one of the key priorities for Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Limited (PCBL).
Helping...
Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has called for an international treaty on sea level rise at the United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC) in France.
Speaking...
Pacific filmmaker illuminates the impact of inconsistently treated mental illness in new documentary
By Michelle Curran
Strategic Communications, Pasifika TV
When director Kimberlee Bassford set about profiling her inspiration, the trailblazing novelist...
Source: RNZ Pacific
Tonga’s Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho is calling for whales to have legal rights.
Speaking to the One Ocean Science...
Source: RNZ Pacific
When Salote Mataitini first dreamed of becoming a pilot, she was a child reading newspaper articles about aviators, long before iPhones...
By Michelle Curran
Strategic Communications, Pasifika TV
All eyes are on the world’s oceans and how leaders will strive to sustain the vital life source,...
Source: RNZ Pacific via ABC
The sea used to wreak havoc as it crashed into Simeona Tapeneko’s village in Samoa.
Water would flood the houses in Lauli’i,...
A New Zealand-born Niuean educator says being recognised in the King’s Birthday honours list reflects the importance of connecting young tagata Niue...
Source: RNZ Pacific via PINA
More than a decade ago, Tropical Cyclone Evan roared through Samoa’s capital, Apia, and its surrounding villages.
The...