Tag: Pacific Community
Pasifika leaders remember ‘stand-out community leader’ Fa’anānā Efeso Collins
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist
Fa'anānā Efeso Collins is being remembered as a pillar of the Pacific community with a "big heart of service",...
Climate data from Pacific has deteriorated, says new report
By Caleb Fotheringham for RNZ Pacific
The quality and quantity of Pacific Island climate data has been getting worse in recent decades according to a...
Four out of 10 Pacific people living in crowded homes, says...
By Lucy Xia, RNZ Pacific
Nearly 40 percent of Pacific people in Aotearoa New Zealand live in crowded homes -- almost four times that of...
South Auckland locals hit back against online hate around NZ covid...
By Jean Bell, RNZ News journalist
Some South Auckland locals are hitting back at online hate directed at the area and its Pasifika community,...
€4.5m plan to build El Niño resilience in FSM, Marshall Islands...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The European Union and the Pacific Community have signed an agreement to build resilience to future El Niño-related droughts in the...
New warning sirens for Suva by 2018
Five early warning sirens to protect Fijians in the case of a natural disaster are set to be established in Suva by 2018.
The newly...
Images: Auckland’s Whau Pacific Festival celebrates young artists
The Whau Pacific Festival is a four-day event celebrating Pacific culture and art. Held in the west Auckland suburb of Avondale this year, workshops included...
More female Pacific and Māori youth needed for techno future, says...
"Technology is essential for providing Pacific youth with better opportunities for their future." This was a key message at the Pacific Wave "Prosperous Futures through...
Timor-Leste plays diplomacy ‘catch up’ with ASEAN membership
By Tama Salim in Dili
Just 14 years into independence, Timor-Leste has secured membership of a number of international forums, declaring its intent to catch...
Fear of reprisal puts limit on Pacific human rights journalism, say...
A regional media forum in Fiji has heard the fear of retribution is a barrier to reporting human rights stories in the Pacific, Radio...
Pacific journalists make human rights declaration for ‘voiceless’
Video clip of the final "living document" declaration by Pacific journalists and media officers at the human rights forum in Nadi, Fiji, over the...
Aumua appointed head of Pacific Community’s operations in Fiji
Report from Noumea by the Pacific Community
Educator and health policy specialist Dr Audrey Aumua has been appointed as Deputy Director-General of the Pacific Community...
Advocates call for more more political will when faced with bureaucratic...
Report by Pacific Media Centre
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Tongan newspaper publisher Kalafi Moala says bureaucracy, culture and religion are a “triune of power” standing in the way of...