Stories by Lydia Lewis

The former administrator of Tokelau, Ross Ardern, is pleased his daughter also has 'former' in front of her title.

Japan has affirmed it will not discharge treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean until it is safe to do so.

An international law expert believes Japan is passing the risk of its upcoming release of treated nuclear wastewater into the ocean onto Pacific leaders. Audio

A researcher at Human Rights Watch in Jakarta is calling for the immediate release of the hostages including a New Zealand pilot being held by a rebel group in Indonesia's Papua region. Audio

Japan hopes to smooth out concerns surrounding the looming release of more than one million tonnes of radioactive nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.

Micronesia is not 'fearful or concerned' about Japan's nuclear wastewater release into the Pacific.

New Zealand's new Prime Minister has agreed to look at an overstayer petition that was launched by Pacific community leaders almost three years ago.

The Government of Tokelau has declared the results of the 2023 national general elections.

It is election day in Tokelau, with the population of about 1400 voting across four electoral locations. It is election day in Tokelau, with the population of of about 1400...

The current Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) wants another term in the job.

Four refugees detained in offshore Australian detention camps have arrived in New Zealand.

For the first time in Tokelau's history, all three atolls will take part in the same electoral process.

This time last year Tongans around the world were desperately trying to call their loved ones at home immediately after hearing of the devastating Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption. Audio

Tokelauan health officials say they've learned several lessons after the country experienced its first cases of the virus at the border.

Japan is at risk of losing its status as a Pacific Islands Forum Dialogue Partner over Tokyo's nuclear waste dumping plan.

Vanuatu residents have been left rattled following Sunday night's magnitude-7 earthquake.

At least 24 Pacific people have been recognised in the 2023 New Zealand New Year's honours list.

Japan is standing its ground over the planned discharge of treated radioactive waste from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean in 2023 despite strong opposition from Pacific leaders. Audio

Health officials say there's no room for complacency in Tokelau even though the country has so far escaped the Covid-19 pandemic.

After more than a decade in the New Zealand Parliament, Minister for Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio is retiring. Audio

The Cook Island Tourism Industry Council is elated at the government's announcement of two new airline partnerships; however the benefits will not kick in until mid-2023.

The Cook Island Tourism Industry Council is elated at the government's announcement of two new airline partnerships.

Out of the seven cases recorded in the reporting period to November 28 local time, four were listed as Covid-19 community transmission.

Activists and academics are joining forces to fight Japan's plans to dump nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean for 30 years.

Calls for a nuclear free and an independent Pacific have been made loud and clear at the Nuclear Connections Across Oceania conference in Dunedin, New Zealand.