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.
Wave of Young Pacific Leaders to descend on French Polynesia for oceans conference
Growing up surrounded by the ocean in Guåhan, Ashley Hope Castro’s upbringing has shaped her deep passion for preserving the precious resource.
The 28-year-old...
CNMI can earn up to $12M from untapped coco-peat industry
Source: RNZ Pacific
A privately-owned global import manufacturer of high-quality coconut materials wants to export coconut peat from the Commonwealth of...
Reforestation training empowers local community in the Solomon Islands
Source: SPREP
The recent Barana Community Reforestation Training has successfully equipped community members, park rangers, and youth with essential knowledge...
Celebrating the Hōkūleʻa and Hawaiian identity
Source: AP News
Hawai’i’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin with lye.
Many...
Pacific Connections - strengthening ties across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
Pasifika Festival 2025 is not only a celebration of Pacific culture in Aotearoa New Zealand, but an opportunity to strengthen ties with our Pacific neighbours...
By Michelle Curran
Strategic Communications, Pasifika TV
Proud Cook Islands Māori vā‘ine Caren Rangi ONZM says it is her dynamic and driven 17-year-old...
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Pacific Connections team is gearing up to join the colour and vibrancy that is Pasifika Festival,...
New Zealand will support Niue with the design and construction of a new justice building in the capital Alofi, Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters...
Source: RNZ Pacific
The Marshall Islands has become the 14th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) member state to join the South Pacific’s nuclear non-proliferation...
Promising a thrilling showcase of skill, tradition, and passion, the Siva Afi Festival is back for its sixth year, with the 2025 festival ready to ignite...
Source: RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Islands face significant challenges in ensuring the sustainability of their fisheries, the head of the region’s premier...
Source: RNZ Pacific
Cyclone Seru is slowly moving away from Vanuatu, with a yellow alert for Tafea province lifted.
In its latest advisory Vanuatu’s...
The Pacific is prioritising strengthening child protection systems by hosting the inaugural Pacific Child Wellbeing Summit in Suva, Fiji.
Aligned with...
Source: RNZ Pacific
A red alert has been issued for Vanuatu’s Tafea province due to tropical cyclone Seru, which is now a category 2 storm.
Vanuatu...