Tagata o te Moana for 19 August 2023

Coming up in Tagata o te Moana: Pacific leaders in Brazil for COP30. Palau's President wants the Pacific to be the first renewable energy region in the world. And parents of conjoined twins in PNG launch global appeal to separate and save their sons. All that and more stories fro ... Show More

Coming up in Tagata o te Moana this week: A recent report finds Pacific countries are at risk of becoming "narco-states". Health experts warn Fiji's HIV crisis could spread across the Pacific. And the US government shutdown affects its Pacific territories. All that and more stori ... Show More

Coming up in Tagata o te Moana this week: The Solomon Islands government considers establishing its own defence force. Advocates for West Papuan independence claim 15 civilians have been killed by Indonesia's military. All that and more stories of the week from RNZ Pacific. Go to ... Show More

On Friday, Hawaii's largest utility company agreed to pay the largest share of a settlement worth more than $4 billion to plaintiffs affected by last year's deadly wildfires in Maui. Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on August 17, 2023. N ... Show More

<p>Once again, commercial vessels sailing in the Red Sea are being attacked. Our correspondent explains why <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/07/17/as-the-houthis-sink-two-ships-in-one-week-the-world-shrugs?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.n ... Show More

As today's show begins, we're following the breaking news overnight of a growing tsunami threat extending from Russia all the way to the West Coast of the US, the result of a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake. Tsunami alerts have been issued for all of the Hawaiian islands, where ... Show More

Headlines: Joe Biden’s first address since Trump win, Optus fined $12 million for outage, National Cabinet meeting today to consider social media ban and Australia’s biggest frog count gets underway! Deep dive: Bonnie Blue is a 25-year-old Only Fans creator inviting “barely legal ... Show More

Major development in the missing woman from Hawaii who disappeared after flying to Los Angeles. While her family was looking for her all over L.A. - her devastated father tragically took his own life. Now we're learning Hannah actually traveled south of the border to Mexico. And ... Show More

President Donald Trump has paused tariffs for Mexico for one month. The Justice Department is putting pressure on FBI officials involved in January 6th investigations. Investigators are still searching for answers as crews start work to clear the wreckage of the DC plane collisio ... Show More

<p>On Christmas Eve, 1991, a 23-year-old woman went missing after a bike ride from her boyfriend’s house in Hawaii. When police discovered her bike, it appeared that someone had purposefully driven into her. Soon, her body was found, but with DNA from an unknown male at the scene ... Show More

Julia Chatterley is live from New York. Here are the top business news stories today! Debt ceiling dilemma! Pressure mounts on US congress to find a deal to raise the debt ceiling. Cash crunch! Evergrande sells assets to raise cash, while facing further debt repayments. Seeking s ... Show More

Headlines: Antisemitism taskforce announced as travel warning issued for Jews heading to Australia, Australia fires new Tomahawk missiles for the first time, person of interest interviewed in CEO shooting case and Starbucks Australia posts $5.8 million loss. Deep Dive: A major he ... Show More