Pacific Beat

Feb 09 2025 25 ep. 46 mins 827
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Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.

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Litara leremia-Allan wins Miss Pacific 2025

Feb 09 2025 46 mins  
The Miss Pacific pageant ended over the weekend with Miss Samoa, Litara leremia-Allan winning the title. Her crowning on Saturday night brought to end a week of excitement in the Solomons capital Honiara, but it wasn't without controversy.

Cook Islands PM heads to China in the wake of a diplomatic spat with New Zealand

Feb 06 2025 44 mins  
A diplomatic spat has erupted between New Zealand and the Cook Islands over plans by Rarotonga to sign a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement with Beijing.

Sir Julius Chan to be laid to rest today

Feb 05 2025 44 mins  
In a display of tradition and custom, Papua New Guinea will complete its 7 days of mourning today with the burial of one of the country's founding fathers. The late, Sir Julius Chan will be laid to rest in his home village in New Ireland.

Possibility of mass deportations have Pacific nations concerned

Feb 04 2025 50 mins  
Tune in each morning and afternoon to keep-up-to-date on the happenings in the Pacific.

PNG's week of mourning begins with haus krai for Sir Julius Chan

Feb 02 2025 46 mins  
Thousands of Papuan New Guineans turned up at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby to pay their respects to one of the country's founding fathers, Sir Julius Chan.

Tributes flow for Sir Julius Chan

Jan 30 2025 49 mins  
Tributes are flowing for former Papua New Guinea prime minister, sir Julius Chan, who passed away aged 85. A state funeral is currently being planned.

Jotham Napat leads Vanuatu election results, but needs a coalition to win

Jan 29 2025 43 mins  
Vanuatu's former deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat is in a prime position to become Vanuatu's next Prime Minister after his party won the most seats in the country's snap election. Those seats however are still short of a majority.

Diplomatic spat sours Kiribati-New Zealand relations

Jan 28 2025 47 mins  
There are fears in Kiribati that New Zealand might stem the flow of development aid due to a diplomatic spat between president Taneti Maamau and New Zealand's foreign minister Winston Peters.

Indonesia's president Prabowo Subianto touts amnesty for pro-independence activists

Jan 27 2025 44 mins  
Indonesia's President is considering a conditional release of detained political activists in West Papua. The area's long had an armed pro-independence movement and clashes with Indonesian security forces are routine.

How will Trump's executive orders impact US foreign relations with Pacific Islands?

Jan 26 2025 48 mins  
Among the many executive orders that newly sworn US President Donald Trump has signed, is the suspension all of America's foreign assistance programs. There's concern it may have a significant impact on aid to the Pacific.