Stories by Lydia Lewis

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has completed a pre-use inspection of the facilities to be used to dilute and discharge more than one-million tonnes of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific.

An international law expert says Pacific leaders could be undermining the objectives of the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, otherwise known as the Rarotonga Treaty. Audio

A Pacific language researcher says there is a race against time to document creole languages in Melanesia before they evolve or die out. Audio

Independent nuclear experts have offered to drink water and eat fish from the Pacific Ocean after Japan dumps its nuclear wastewater into the Pacific.

As Australian protesters gathered outside the Brisbane detention centre calling for the freedom of a Nauru refugee, the man pleaded with authorities to release him. Audio

Calls are growing louder for Canberra to bring all refugees - who had sought asylum in Australia but were detained offshore - into the country for medical treatment and processing.

Preliminary findings of a new Transparency International survey has found sextortion - demanding sexual favours in return for public services - is a major issue in parts of the Pacific.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) says it is not dragging the chain in processing refugees from Nauru under the New Zealand - Australia Resettlement Arrangement.

Tokelau's largest atoll, Nukunonu, is now out of lockdown after experiencing its first community cases of Covid-19.

Her Royal Highness Princess Mele Siu'ilikutapu of the Kingdom of Tonga has died aged 75.

Pacific nations will receive substantial backing from India that will boost water supply and health in the region.

Papua New Guinea advances milestone security pact with United States inspite of calls for more transparency and public consultation.

University students in Papua New Guinea are protesting against the signing of a defence cooperation agreement with the United States expected to take place today.

Tokelau has confirmed its first community case of Covid-19 and a lockdown has been imposed.

Pacific leaders are starting to trickle into Papua New Guinea for two high level meetings and a number of side talks.

The University of the South Pacific Students' Association (USPSA) has launched a Youth Advisory Board on Governance.

A clinical nurse specialist and beauty queen is working alongside Oranga Tamariki (Ministry of Children) social workers to make the health system more accessible for young people. Audio

The secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum is continuing to work on getting China onboard with the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, which recognises the Pacific as a collective.

RNZ Pacific can reveal INZ was conducting out of hours compliance visits to private residents while the government was preparing for the historic Dawn Raids apology. Audio

RNZ Pacific can reveal Immigration New Zealand was conducting out of hours compliance visits to private residents otherwise known as 'dawn raids' while the government was preparing for the historic… Audio

Papua New Guinea's opposition has called on the foreign affairs minister to resign after calling critics of his trip to London for the King Charles' Coronation "primitive animals". Audio

PNG needs 'big time dollars' not lipservice from US President Joe Biden says the chief executive of a Papua New Guinea think tank.

A meeting has been held in Auckland between the government and those who lived through dawn raids past and present.

The use of dawn raid tactics have trampled on Immigration NZ's "very special relationship" with the Pacific communities, says Māngere MP Aupito William Sio.

There is a new generation of politicians in Niue after the weekend's election. Audio