Stories by Lydia Lewis

Pacific climate network, representing communities deeply impacted by the climate crisis, are disappointed with the recent remarks made by the Fiji PM regarding the fossil fuel industry.

The only Pacific MP-elect in New Zealand's National Party has her eye on the Pacific peoples portfolio. Audio

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has called for the Pacific Ocean to be declared an "Ocean of Peace".

Pacific leaders fear they will have little or no voice in the new National-led government with the real possibility of not a single Pacific person making it into the new coalition.

The Refugee Action Coalition says refugees "abandoned" by Australia in Papua New Guinea are experiencing another round of distress.

A health and education researcher says the rising costs of food in New Zealand will impact the academic future of Pasifika. Audio

"We are totally stuffed," says Dawn Raid's survivor's daughter enraged at Labour and National.

The Pacific Islands Forum secretary general says time will tell if the US will follow through with its latest Pacific funding pledge.

A Tongan RSE worker, whose case sparked an independent review of Immigration New Zealand's "out of hours compliance visit" practices, is still on edge.

Fiji's attorney general has confirmed the acting director of public prosecutions David Toganivalu, 49, has died.

Transparency International Vanuatu says "squabbling" politicians are hampering citizens' rights to access official information, as the world marks the International Day for Universal Access to…

The New Zealand government has given its full blessing to Cook Islands and Niue establishing diplomatic relations with the United States. Audio

Pacific youth climate champion Suluafi Brianna Fruean has likened her first time in the United Nations building to primary school. Audio

There were notable absences from the speaker line up at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Climate Ambition Summit in New York, including the US, UK and Australia.

前情报专家称太平洋国家在福岛问题上的立场更多出于外交和地缘政治考量，而非基于科学事实；英国环境科学教授称"理论上"福岛的水可以直接喝。

Some Pacific Island nations who oppose Japan's Fukushima treated nuclear wastewater release are "acting to stay in line with China", a former US intelligence expert says. Audio

New Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman signals intentions to tighten reins on social media use after alleged death threat.

New Zealand's political parties are pitching their policies to Pasifika voters as the 2023 election looms. Audio

Niue and Tuvalu have voiced their concerns about the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Audio

Protesters decried New Zealand's 'convenient' silence on Japan's nuclear waste release at a rally in Auckland on Friday.

Japan's release of over one million tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific is officially underway.

Pacific leaders are split over Japan's plans to gradually release 1.4 million tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater from the defunct Fukushima power plant. Audio

Japan will start releasing treated nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean in about 24 hours.

Pacific leaders are still on the fence about proposed plans to release treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific - with Japan's announcement about its start date imminent.

The roommate of a refugee bludgeoned to death by guards and other local contractors in an Australian-run detention centre on Manus Island nine years ago is not stopping in his fight for justice. Audio