Stories by Caleb Fotheringham

Vaima'anga's abandoned hotel in the Cook Islands is being done up and is expecting its first guests in a couple of months. Audio

Deep-sea mining companies in the Cook Islands have been exploring the country's ocean to see if they can extract potato-sized nodules packed full of minerals kilometres deep. Audio

A "super-app" is being developed for the Pacific that will allow people to make instant money transactions, including for remittances. Audio

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and heart disease are the leading public health problems in the Pacific, say health experts. Audio

Pacific labour mobility schemes are being blamed for making it easier for nurses to leave their countries and take up employment opportunities as aged care workers in New Zealand and Australia. Audio

Mental health remains a stigma in the Pacific, but there might be some good news out of the Cook Islands. Audio

The Cook Islands tourism industry is getting back to where it was pre-pandemic, but it's still dealing with slow seasons and high airfares. Audio

Finding the endangered Pacific sheath-tailed bat requires a good eye, torches and a lack of phobias. Audio

Locals are asking tourists to return to Maui after asking for space in the initial aftermath of the deadly fire that swept through Lāhainā about a fortnight ago. Audio

A whale scientist in the Cook Islands expects beached calves to become a more common occurrence as storms grow in intensity due to climate change. Audio

Samoa needs a "reality check" on how it participates in the recognised seasonal employer scheme says the country's trade commissioner. Audio

The head of a Canadian deep-sea mining firm says he wants to wait for regulations to be in place before starting "commercial-scale nodule collection". Audio

A Cook Islands film-maker made a documentary on Rarotonga's mountains after watching the Kānaka Maoli protest the construction of the $US1.4 billion telescope on top of a Hawaiian mountain three years… Audio

The owner of a popular five-star floating bar and restaurant in Fiji denies claims that his staff were unprepared for emergencies.

The Marshall Islands foreign minister has criticised the Compact of Free Association memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed at the start of the year, calling it "not a dignified agreement". Audio

Pacific nations could be under-reporting the amount of remittances entering their countries due to data constraints, according to a new study.

Seafood organisations are calling for a pause on deep-sea mining after a new study claims the two industries could be in conflict as tuna migrates East due to climate change.

The Pacific is due to get a dramatic shift in weather over the next 12 months as it moves from a triple dip La Niña event to the opposite direction. Audio

There is concern that meningococcal disease cases will continue to climb this year after increasing over the last two years in New Zealand. Audio

A group of Pacific states, known as the 6-PAC, is leading the call for the shipping industry to align itself with the 1.5 degrees climate target.

The world is another step closer to protecting 30 percent of the ocean after the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty was adopted by the United Nations in New York. Audio

More than 6500 coral eating crown-of-thorns starfish have been removed from Cook Islands' reefs since 2020 when the latest outbreak was first detected. Audio

Health authorities in American Samoa are hoping the upcoming school break will help curb the spread of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) which has caused a spike in hospital admissions this month.

The remote reefs in the Southern Line Islands in Kiribati are recovering quickly after an El Niño warming event in 2015-2016 decimated its coral, the National Geographic's Pristine Seas' team.

The global regulator for international shipping is expected to agree to completely decarbonise the industry by mid-century to avoid dangerous climate change.