Stories by Lydia Lewis

New Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman signals intentions to tighten reins on social media use after alleged death threat.

New Zealand's political parties are pitching their policies to Pasifika voters as the 2023 election looms. Audio

Niue and Tuvalu have voiced their concerns about the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Audio

Protesters decried New Zealand's 'convenient' silence on Japan's nuclear waste release at a rally in Auckland on Friday.

Japan's release of over one million tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific is officially underway.

Pacific leaders are split over Japan's plans to gradually release 1.4 million tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater from the defunct Fukushima power plant. Audio

Japan will start releasing treated nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean in about 24 hours.

Pacific leaders are still on the fence about proposed plans to release treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific - with Japan's announcement about its start date imminent.

The roommate of a refugee bludgeoned to death by guards and other local contractors in an Australian-run detention centre on Manus Island nine years ago is not stopping in his fight for justice. Audio

The opposition in Vanuatu has dramatically failed to oust the Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau in a no-confidence motion.

A former refugee wants Canberra to support a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Australia's handling of offshore processing practices. Audio

Fishermen in the Cook Islands want government intervention to stop foreign vessels coming in and fishing in their waters.

The number of covid-19 community cases in Tokelau has surpassed 50 and has cropped up on all three atolls.

The Pacific Islands Forum chair Mark Brown says the planned release of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean cannot be a breach of the Rarotonga Treaty as it's a controlled release and not… Audio

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has hit back at suggestions its standards are outdated.

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog is travelling to New Zealand and Rarotonga to present its report on the Safety Review of the ALPS-treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

A Pacific Islands Forum expert panellist has criticised the UN's atomic energy agency for "ignoring one of its own fundamental principles", in its report on the upcoming dump of treated nuclear…

The International Atomic Energy Agency says Japan's approach to discharge treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific is consistent with relevant international safety standards.

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has completed a pre-use inspection of the facilities to be used to dilute and discharge more than one-million tonnes of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific.

An international law expert says Pacific leaders could be undermining the objectives of the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, otherwise known as the Rarotonga Treaty. Audio

A Pacific language researcher says there is a race against time to document creole languages in Melanesia before they evolve or die out. Audio

Independent nuclear experts have offered to drink water and eat fish from the Pacific Ocean after Japan dumps its nuclear wastewater into the Pacific.

As Australian protesters gathered outside the Brisbane detention centre calling for the freedom of a Nauru refugee, the man pleaded with authorities to release him. Audio

Calls are growing louder for Canberra to bring all refugees - who had sought asylum in Australia but were detained offshore - into the country for medical treatment and processing.

Preliminary findings of a new Transparency International survey has found sextortion - demanding sexual favours in return for public services - is a major issue in parts of the Pacific.