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Vanuatu deal is significant but a harbinger of what's to come in the Pacific

Although a big moment in diplomacy, the Vanuatu agreement has come at a clear reputational cost to Australia.

Jotham Napat and Anthony Albanese hold up signed documents.

Published: Wed 1 Jul 2026 at 12:27pm

Wed 1 Jul 2026 at 12:27pm

Location: AustraliaTopic: World Politics

New Caledonia provincial elections sees a loyalist surge

In New Caledonia, provisional results from Sunday's provincial elections point to a major loyalist victory in the Southern Province but little change to the overall balance of power in Congress.

Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds

Published: Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 8:33am

Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 8:33am

Location: PacificTopic: World Politics

Bougainville's DoomsVein added to prestigious heavy metal archive

A band from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville has been included in one of metal's most respected online archives, the Encyclopaedia Metallum.

4 members of heavy metal band DoomsVein pose with their instruments and guitar amps

Duration: 15 minutes 49 seconds

Published: Wed 1 Jul 2026 at 2:45pm

Wed 1 Jul 2026 at 2:45pm

Location: BougainvilleTopic: Arts, Culture and Entertainment

Environmentalists call for Pacific nations to rethink deep sea mining

A new report is sounding the alarm that deep sea mining could expose toxic radiation into the ocean. Pacific environment advocates say it could put the region's fragile marine ecosystem, and the communities that rely on it are at risk.

Duration: 5 minutes 3 seconds

Published: Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 10:10am

Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 10:10am

Location: PacificTopic: Mining Environmental Issues

Vanuatu critical infrastructure to remain 'free from militarisation' under pact

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Jotham Napat and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ink the Nakamal Agreement, almost 10 months after Mr Napat pulled out of a planned signing ceremony in Port Vila, citing concerns around sovereignty.

Published: Mon 29 Jun 2026 at 5:37pm

Mon 29 Jun 2026 at 5:37pm

Location: AustraliaTopic: Foreign Affairs

Solomon Siren: This sinking sculpture tells the story of an island lost to sea-level rise

A new underwater sculpture in Isabel Province by British artist Jason deCaires Taylor tells the story of award-winning climate activist Gladys Habu Bartlett and the 10-year anniversary since her ancestral land of Kale Island was lost to sea-level…

A steel sculpture of a woman and a tree half-submerged in the ocean as the tide comes in

Duration: 13 minutes 33 seconds

Published: Mon 29 Jun 2026 at 12:49pm

Mon 29 Jun 2026 at 12:49pm

Location: PacificTopic: Arts, Culture and Entertainment

Why the Moana live action movie has come so soon

Dwayne Johnson and Sydneysider Catherine Lagaʻaia have walked the blue carpet at a special event in Sydney. They told ABC News why now is the perfect time for a live action Moana.

Catherine Lagaʻaia and Dwayne Johnson standing in front of a Moana sign with flowers and plants surrounding them

Published: Fri 26 Jun 2026 at 1:11pm

Fri 26 Jun 2026 at 1:11pm

Location: SydneyTopic: Movies

Features

ABC Radio Australia launches WhatsApp Channel pilot to connect with new Pacific audiences

ABC Radio Australia has launched a WhatsApp channel as the network experiments with new ways to connect with audiences in the Pacific.

A composite image shows a variety of radio show logos and images.

Pacific Break 2025

Vanuatu’s Mantis wins Pacific Break 2025

Ni-Vanuatu rapper Mantis wins ABC Radio Australia's Pacific Break 2025 with his powerful tri-lingual track Weatherman, earning a spot at Australia's WOMADelaide festival.

Topic: Music

Meet your 2025 Pacific Break finalists

From island beats to big dreams, meet this year's top ten finalists for Pacific Break, the Pacific's biggest music competition.

Spliced image of 16 music artists from the Pacific

Pacific Break 2025: Meet the judges

The judges for Pacific Break 2025 have been announced.

Spliced image of Hau Latukefu, Sosefina Fuamoli, Joji Malani and Ngaiire.

Topic: Music

Pacific Break 2025 entries are now closed

Entries for this year's Pacific Break, the Pacific's biggest music competition, are now closed.

Blue poster design reads Pacific Break, Radio Australia. Entries open Friday 27 June

Pacific Sports: From the region, for the region

Swimming siblings headline honours as Cook Islands celebrates sporting excellence

Cook Islands sporting excellence and service were honoured at the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee Sports Awards, held on Saturday at Aroa Nui Hall in Arorangi.

Group of people wearing colourful dresswear with garlands around their neck hold wooden awards in their hands & smile to camera

Cook Islands star KL Iro hits 50 NRL games, then heads home to inspire the next generation

Less than 24 hours after marking his 50th NRL appearance, Cook Islands Aitu representative KL Iro was back where it all began.

A young Cook Islands man wearing a black island patterned shirt with a yellow and white lei looks out. People in background

Meet the Pacific Islanders playing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Meet the players with Pacific Islands heritage who are competing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup: Max Crocombe, Marko Stemanic and Michael Boxall.

A collage of a Cook Islands man wearing a yellow goalie soccer uniform with two Samoan men wearing black clothes

Three boxers, three fights, three golds: Fiji’s Samoa success an omen for Comm Games

Three boxers, three fights, three gold medals ... Fiji's amateur boxing team's success in Samoa has given the team a huge boost going into the Commonwealth Games.

Three young Fijian men in blue shirts with a lady and an older man pose with a Samoan man with a long goatee inside a building.

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Can changing your name change your life?

Some names can carry a story before a life even begins, shaping how you are seen and how you see yourself.

An infant lying on a pink pillow, wearing a white top, pink shorts, with little feet in focus and face out of focus

Duration: 55 minutes

Cook Islands' Max Teremoana Crocombe makes history at FIFA World Cup

While the New Zealand All Whites' FIFA World Cup campaign has come to an end, one player has made history for the Cook Islands.

A man wearing pink tie dyed soccer uniform with pink long socks and white soccer boots stands with white gloves in front of goal

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 28 seconds

Topic: Arts, Culture and Entertainment

Marshall Islands still feeling the effects of cold war nuclear testing

It's 80 years to the day since the US nuclear testing program in the Marshall Islands began with Operation Able, when a 23 kiloton atomic bomb was detonated in the atmosphere over Bikini Atoll in July, 1946.

Duration: 49 minutes 54 seconds

Topic: Nuclear Weapons

Maps made of memory: Kathy Martin's story of culture, identity and growing up Micronesian

For Kathy Martin, maps aren’t something you find on your phone — they’re inherited, passed down in the way your aunty cuts fish or says your name like it belongs to the land.

Duration: 29 minutes 52 seconds

Topic: Communities

Watch

the CISNOC 2024/2025 awards celebrated the people driving sport forward

A big night for Cook Islands sport 🎉

Topic: Sport

Fijian/Samoan athlete Venice Traill is making history as Fiji's first female taekwondo coach

Venice Traill made history at the Paris Olympics along with team mate Lolohea Naitasi as the first athletes from Fiji to compete in Taekwondo at the Olympic Games.

A young Fijian woman holds her taekwon-do helmet and wears a red bib over white taekwondo uniform smiling & looking to the side

Topic: Taekwon-Do

Fiji powerlifter Neha Ali and her record-breaking journey

What started as a simple way to spend more time with her husband has turned into a record-breaking journey for Fiji powerlifter Neha Ali.

A young Fijian woman wearing black athletics wear and a hijab squats carrying weights with men standing around her

Topic: Powerlifting

KL Iro clocked 50 NRL games and headed straight back to the Cook Islands to celebrate with family

From NRL milestone to island time.

Topic: Rugby League

Tok Pisin

Punghau: PNG imas givim fanding long Bougainville igo inap em kamap indipendent

Ol ABG lida na Regional Memba Peter Tsiamalili Junior

Duration: 8 minutes 16 seconds

Didiman na pipol blong PNG nidim gutpla infomesen long El Nino taim

Duration: 9 minutes 1 second

Didiomea: West Papua and Kanaks blong New Caledonia nidim moa sapot

Solomon Islands human rights and freedom activist Ben Didiomea (B. Didiomea)

Duration: 7 minutes 47 seconds

Project Sepik Sukundumi Declaration blong ol pipol

Duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds

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