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RNZ Pacific news: 2024 in review
RNZ Pacific's Bulletin Editor, Christina Persico takes a look back at political turmoil, natural disasters, and the ongoing climate fight.
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Mixed reactions to Tjibaou's election to New Caledonia pro-independence party
26 Nov 2024The election of Emmanuel Tjibaou as the new president of New Caledonia's main pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has triggered a whole range of political reactions, mostly favourable, some more cautious.
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The Oceania soccer tussle and what a new pro league could mean
21 Nov 2024There were rumblings behind the scenes of the recent FIFA World Cup 2026 Oceania Qualifier matches about the gap getting wider between New Zealand and the Pacific Island teams, but none of the teams involved wanted to stir the waters. Can Oceania's new pro league lift the standards of football in the region?
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The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior
31 Dec 2024July 1985. Greenpeace ship The Rainbow Warrior docks at Marsden Wharf, ready for a major protest campaign at Muroroa Atoll. Everyone knows what happened next. But do you know what went before?
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Mana Moana: Live at Spark Arena
26 Dec 2024Mana Moana celebrates the Pacific Islands through music. The Auckland concert features the Signature Choir from Wellington. But this time they are joined by their Auckland friends to swell the ranks of the choir to eighty voices.
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What the fall of the French government means for New Caledonia
5 Dec 2024As French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government falls it is France's overseas territories, like New Caledonia, that are the biggest victims of political instability in Paris.
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Boxing officials call for safety as priority: 'What happened could have been avoided'
4 Dec 2024Two boxing officials have joined calls for tougher measures to protect Fijian boxers, following the death of the late Ubayd Haider last month.
Presenters
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Christina Persico
Station: Pacific
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Don Wiseman
Station: Pacific
Programme: World & Pacific News
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IIiesa Tora
Station: Pacific
Programme: World & Pacific News
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Koroi Hawkins
Station: Pacific
Programme: Untold Pacific History
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Lydia Lewis
Station: Pacific
Programme: World & Pacific News
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Marama T-Pole
Stations: Pacific, National
Programme: News
Programmes
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World & Pacific News
A bulletin of Pacific News and a sports report.
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Tagata o te Moana
A weekly Pacific magazine programme features New Zealand and regional Pacific news, issues, information and music. This programme is also simulcast domestically on RNZ National.
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News in Pacific Languages
Pacific language news bulletins in Tongan, Samoan, Pidgin, French, Cook Islands Maori and Niuean.
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Pacific Waves
A daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in…