Pacific Beat

Episódios

• 26 cocaine bricks washup on remote islands in Fiji 19.06.2026 48min

  Fiji police have confirmed 26 parcels of cocaine have washed up on shores in the Lau Group of islands over the past few weeks.
• Samoa parliament debates plans to setup new airline 18.06.2026 44min

  The Samoan government's controversial plan to set up an airline and buy planes using financial support from citizens and the diaspora has dominated proceedings in the country’s parliament this week.  
• Two Pacific activists appointed to UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 17.06.2026 44min

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• Over 300 gather in Suva for Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue 16.06.2026 47min

  As calls for deep sea mining grow louder, dozens of research vessels are on a quest to map the sea floor in strategically vital regions. While some of the surveying is for mineral deposits and fishing grounds, there's fears it might also be done for military purposes.
• Tonga Electoral questioned over non-use of $1.5 million dollar software 15.06.2026 45min

  Tonga's Electoral Commission is facing questions over a 20-year $1.5 million dollar software agreement signed with a UK-based company with claims from former officials that the system has never been used.
• Timor-Leste presidential pardon application for paedophile ex-priest denied twice 12.06.2026 43min

  Civil society groups in Timor-Leste say paedophile and ex-priest Richard Daschbach should be taken off the list of offenders put forward for a presidential pardon after being knocked back a second time this year.
• Solomon Islands PM returns from relationship reset missions with AUS and NZ 11.06.2026 49min

  Solomon Islands PM Matthew Wale has returned from trips to Australia and New Zealand that he said were designed to reset Solomon Islands' relations with the two countries.
• Minimum wage increase not enough to stop Samoans seeking work abroad 10.06.2026 49min

  Some argue that the 8% increase to the minimum wage in Samoa is still insufficient to meet the rising cost of living and unlikely to stem the flow of people seeking seasonal work abroad.
• Volcanic pumice surrounds Manus Province islands 09.06.2026 48min

  Locals could be unable to fish or travel by boat for weeks as a floating layer of volcanic pumice rock surrounds the islands of Manus province.
• West Papuan 'Pig Feast' documentary subject files police complaint against director 08.06.2026 51min

  One of the West Papuans featured in the controversial documentary 'Pig Feast', has changed her stance on the film and even laid a complaint with police.
• Fiji's Environment Ministry slams waste project's environmental impact assessment 05.06.2026 44min

  Fiji's Environment Ministry has delivered a damning critique of the environmental impact assessment report submitted by the proponent of the controversial waste-to-energy project.
• Solomon Islands and Australia to negotiate a security deal after leaders talk 04.06.2026 45min

  Solomon Islands and Australia will start negotiations for a new security and bilateral treaty in a reset for the relationship between the countries.
• Pacific Beat 03.06.2026 52min

  A PNG parliamentary vote on whether to ratify Bougainville's desire for independence, is the final step in the Bougainville Peace Agreement, which brought the-decade long conflict known as "The Crisis" to an end in 2001.
• Fijian PALM worker living under a bridge not an isolated case 02.06.2026 48min

  The case of a Fijian man living under a bridge in Sydney after arriving in Australia under the PALM scheme only to disengage and become homeless isn't an isolated one.
• Solomon Islands police scale down search for missing boat with 10 passengers 01.06.2026 47min

  Over the weekend police announced that the search operation for a boat carrying 10 passengers was being scaled down, after fuel tanks and items believed to be from the boat washed ashore.
• Samoan police stop three people leaving the country while looking into Vietnam shooting 29.05.2026 44min

  Authorities in Samoa have bank accounts frozen and have prevented some from leaving Samoa in an effort to investigate potential local connections to the murder of an Australian crime figure in Vietnam by to Samoan nationals.
• Samoan Police investigate the local history of Samoan men arrested for murder in Vietnam 28.05.2026 48min

  Samoan police say they're investigating whether any crimes may have been committed locally in connection with a murder committed by two Samoan nationals in Vietnam.
• French Polynesian MPs to discuss government approach of dumping seized drugs into the ocean 27.05.2026 52min

  A parliamentary resolution will be discussed in Tahiti today over the government’s controversial strategy of dumping tonnes of seized cocaine into the ocean.
• United Nations warns caution in race to mine Pacific sea floor 26.05.2026 50min

  The United Nations body that regulates deep sea mining in the high seas is cautioning Pacific countries not to get swept up in the renewed race to exploit the ocean floor.
• Pacific leaders sign off on regional taskforce to tackle fuel supply concerns 25.05.2026 46min

  Pacific leaders have signed off on a multi-national, regional taskforce to look into fuel supply as the war in Iran continues to disrupt global supply chains.