Stories by Lydia Lewis

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

The opposition in Vanuatu has dramatically failed to oust the Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau in a no-confidence motion.

A former refugee wants Canberra to support a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Australia's handling of offshore processing practices. Audio

Fishermen in the Cook Islands want government intervention to stop foreign vessels coming in and fishing in their waters.

The number of covid-19 community cases in Tokelau has surpassed 50 and has cropped up on all three atolls.

The Pacific Islands Forum chair Mark Brown says the planned release of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean cannot be a breach of the Rarotonga Treaty as it's a controlled release and not… Audio

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has hit back at suggestions its standards are outdated.

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog is travelling to New Zealand and Rarotonga to present its report on the Safety Review of the ALPS-treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

A Pacific Islands Forum expert panellist has criticised the UN's atomic energy agency for "ignoring one of its own fundamental principles", in its report on the upcoming dump of treated nuclear…

The International Atomic Energy Agency says Japan's approach to discharge treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific is consistent with relevant international safety standards.