Stories by Caleb Fotheringham

Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority head says the minerals programme is being led by Cook Islanders, which is different to outsiders moving into the Pacific.

The Ocean Foundation's report says there is high uncertainty around prices for metals and the circular economy could make deep sea mining unnecessary.

The safety standards are part of a memorandum of understanding with Cook Islands Tourism which requires tour operators to have one guide for every four guests in the water.

Three organisations and three individuals were given awards by the Pacific Youth Leadership and Transformation organisation for their service during the Covid-19 pandemic. Audio

China is knocking in the North Pacific as the United States are slow to pass a major strategic agreement. Audio

Eight small island developing states have submitted a groundbreaking proposal to the UN's shipping regulator proposing a US$150 per tonne greenhouse gas emissions levy for the shipping industry. Audio

Tropical Cyclone Osai is the second cyclone in a week passing the Cook Islands, while there is an orange alert for parts of French Polynesia due to cyclone Nat.

Tropical Cyclone Nat is passing through the Cook Islands with strong winds and heavy swell warnings in place for the southern group of islands.

Tropical depression (TD06F) has been upgraded to category 1 Tropical Cyclone Nat near the Cook Islands.

A tropical depression (TD06F) was located about 500 kilometres north-northwest of Palmerston Island at 2am Cook Islands time.

Life has improved for the people living on Kili Island in the Marshall Islands following the declaration of a state of emergency. Audio

A political commentator says Green Party co-leader James Shaw was a friend of the Pacific. Audio

There has been no reduction in the level of sexual offending against children in Fiji, the non-government organisation Save the Children Fiji says.

A proposed legislation to ban the sale of flavoured e-cigarette liquid in Guam aims to tackle what is seen as a youth vaping "emergency" but a vape store says there is no evidence it will work.

A state of emergency has been declared for the people of Kili Island due to a shortage of food and fuel - but help is on its way.

Amnesty International is calling on Papua New Guinea authorities to protect human rights in response to the riots.

Residents of Rarotonga are being asked to conserve water as dry El Niño conditions are likely to persist in the Southern Cook Islands.

Indigenous people are not being heard on the proposed new judging tower in Tahiti for the Paris Olympics surfing competition, professional surfer and scientist Cliff Kapono says.

Some Pacific nations are feeling the bite of El Niño through dry conditions, while others in drought get relief through above average rainfall.

New Zealand-born Samoan Charm Tuala says it still feels surreal that he's on his way to the prestigious Ivy League school, Brown University in the USA. Audio

A co-author of the Pacific chapter for the University of Canterbury's 150th anniversary book says Pacific stories have been missing in how the university is remembered.

A 560-metre plain grey seawall has been transformed into the longest mural in the South Pacific.

The Cook Islands Tourism chief executive says Avaavaroa Passage, which is a popular turtle swimming spot, is notorious for drownings.

Coral atolls are not necessarily doomed to drown but could outgrow sea level rise, a new scientific article argues.

A revised tropical tuna measure was agreed on during the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting in Rarotonga, but little progress has been made on tighter monitoring of transshipment…