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'Rude to say no': All Blacks icon performs solo haka against current team

After 103 matches in All Blacks colours, Ma'a Nonu faces his old teammates and decides to return serve during the pre-match haka.

Ma'a Nonu performs the haka against the All Blacks

Published: Wed 12 Aug 2026 at 9:08amWed 12 Aug 2026 at 9:08amLocation: AustraliaTopic: Rugby Union

'Seismic shift': Māori set to invest in First Nations projects under new deal

One of the biggest and wealthiest Māori tribal authorities has signed a deal to invest in large-scale First Nations projects in renewable energy, mining, agriculture and more.

Two men sign papers by a desk with flags in the background

Published: Tue 11 Aug 2026 at 12:05pmTue 11 Aug 2026 at 12:05pmLocation: SydneyTopic: Business, Economics and Finance

Chiefs sign premiership winger To'o away from Panthers

Four-time premiership-winning winger Brian To'o has become the sixth player to sign with the PNG Chiefs for their inaugural NRL season in 2028.

Brian To’o of the Panthers celebrates with teammates

Published: Mon 10 Aug 2026 at 11:30amMon 10 Aug 2026 at 11:30amLocation: AustraliaTopic: NRL

Fijian law is restricting a national response to the HIV crisis

Fiji's HIV crisis is showing no sign of abating, new data from the Ministry of Health shows a 45% increase in infections among young people aged between 10 and 19.

A woman holds a small, unused rapid test for HIV in her hand in a laboratory setting

Duration: 9 minutes 1 second

Published: Tue 11 Aug 2026 at 9:43amTue 11 Aug 2026 at 9:43amLocation: PacificTopic: Aids and HIV

Fijian rugby pro, 26, dies of suspected heat stroke after training

Fijian rugby player Saimoni Vunilagi, 26, dies after suffering from suspected heat stroke following a training session in Japan.

Published: Sun 9 Aug 2026 at 7:37amSun 9 Aug 2026 at 7:37amLocation: FijiTopic: Rugby Union

PIF leaders fail to agree on Chinese missile reaction

Pacific Islands Forum foreign ministers meeting in Fiji failed to reach an agreement on a joint statement criticising China's actions after their controversial ballistic missile test last month.

Duration: 13 minutes 1 second

Published: Mon 10 Aug 2026 at 8:12amMon 10 Aug 2026 at 8:12amLocation: PacificTopic: International Organisations

11 tonnes of unexploded WW2 munitions found in Tuvalu lagoon

Using handheld sonar, the munitions found ranged from small arms ammunition to 500-pound bombs.

A blue lagoon sits on the left of the image, with a narrow strip of land stretching away, covered in palm trees.

Duration: 6 minutes 16 seconds

Published: Mon 10 Aug 2026 at 11:59amMon 10 Aug 2026 at 11:59amLocation: PacificTopic: World War II

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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.

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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

Golden moments, historic firsts and Pacific representation at the Commonwealth Games

The 2026 Commonwealth Games have come to a close in Glasgow, with the closing ceremony held yesterday and India given the Commonwealth Games flag as the next host in 2030. Here are some of the highlights and medals won.

A collage of pacific athletes with gold medals around their neck or blowing kisses after wins at the Commonwealth Games

Tarona Taafaki wins Tuvalu's first-ever Commonwealth Games medal

Tuvaluan boxer Tarona Taafaki has etched her name into her country's sporting history, becoming the first athlete to win a Commonwealth Games medal for the Pacific nation.

Four young women in different coloured track suits hold up medals around their necks in a boxing ring smiling for a photo

Rainibongi claims Fiji’s first gold medal plus weekend preview: Pacific Islanders to watch

Fiji's Taniela Rainibogi has delivered the country's first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games with a record-breaking performance on the weightlifting platform.

A Fijian man wearing a white weightlifting athletics uniform with FIJI across the front sticks his tongue and arms out

Samoa, NZ claim gold in Glasgow as Tuvalu looks to make history

Samoan and Maori athletes have claimed gold in the Commonwealth Games, while Tuvalu is looking to make history in boxing. Here's the latest from Glasgow.

Three women stand on a podium, all wearing medals and smiling.

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PNG in Focus: U.S. Travel Bonds and Bougainville’s Next Step

From U.S. travel bonds to Bougainville’s independence push, Theckla Gunga breaks down the big political stories making headlines in PNG.

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 31 seconds

Topic: Arts, Culture and Entertainment

Vanuatu activists call out presidential pardons of child sex offenders

Women's groups in Vanuatu are calling on the government to reform the presidential pardoning process after men convicted of sexually abusing children received pardons.

Duration: 45 minutes 8 seconds

Topic: Child Sexual Abuse

Tau'ili'ili Alpha Maiava is tracing endangered instruments across the Moana

When Tau'ili'ili Alpha Maiava plays the nose flute, he is transported back in time. He knows it is the same sound his ancestors heard 400 years ago. But this sound, along with many others, have almost been lost to history.

Man plays instrument by ocean as sun sets.

Duration: 29 minutes 54 seconds

Topic: Music Industry

Put down the phone and pick up some knitting needles

Maybe putting down your phone and picking up some fabric or knitting needles is the best thing you can do for your mental health and overall wellbeing.

A Tongan woman with curly hair smiling wearing pink red lipstick

Duration: 23 minutes 24 seconds

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The Reality of Climate Migration

Imagine having to leave everything you know, not by choice, but because the climate is claiming your home.

Poeva and Akesa sit in a room at their homes. An arrow going from a Tuvalu flag to an Australian one overlaid.

Duration: 6 minutes 55 seconds

Topic: Climate Change

Fears people buried after landslide at Solomon Islands Gold Ridge mine

Families and friends have raised concerns that a number of people may have been buried in a landslide at the Solomon Islands' Gold Ridge mine.

Construction workers walking out of gold mine.

Duration: 31 seconds

Topic: Landslides

China tests missile in South Pacific

Chinese state media has confirmed a missile test has been carried out in the Pacific hours after Australia signed a defence treaty with Fiji.

Duration: 18 minutes 8 seconds

Topic: Treaties

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

A big night for Cook Islands sport 🎉

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

Topic: Sport

Tok Pisin

Strong stand agensim pardon blong ol child rapists long Vanuatu

Praem Minista Jotham Napat hem toktok long Palamen

Duration: 6 minutes 4 seconds

Sorcery Accusatiion Related Violence ikamap bikpla moa long PNG

Ol patisepent long lonsim blong SARV Findings Survey

Duration: 6 minutes 8 seconds

Ol pro-independens grup tu istap insait long New Caledonia Gavman

Ol FLNKS mo Palika istap insait long debate (La vérité en Calédonie)

Duration: 3 minutes 56 seconds

Bougainville bai kamap independent maski PNG Palamen ratifikesen or nogat

President Ishmael Toroama, Vice President Ezekiel Masatt na ol ABG delegesen long laspla JSB miting (ABG media)

Duration: 5 minutes 28 seconds

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