Pacific Mornings 01/05/24
An International Labour Organization (ILO) report says there's a worrying level of youth unemployment in the Pacific region. Despite the region's unemployment rates reverting to pre-pandemic levels, the issue persists. Christian Viegelahn, an employment specialist at ILO's Pacific Islands Office, w…
Pacific Mornings 30/04/24
Every Tuesday PMN News Political Reporter Alahihifo Vaiala joins #PacificMornings for a round-up on all the latest political news. This morning she discussed the VarianOne news poll released last night that found the coalition Government would be out and a new Labour-led Government would be in if a…
Pacific Mornings 29/04/24
As he does every Monday morning, PMN Sports reporter Matt Manukuo joined #PacificMornings to review all the sports action from the weekend.#PMNNews#PMN Sports #MattManukuo It’s been nearly three weeks since a social supermarket opened in South Auckland, the eleventh for the country but the first f…
Pacific Mornings 26/04/24
Labour Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni joined #PacificMornings to discuss some of the hot political issues of the day including Three Strikes law and the ongoing cuts to the public service.#PMNNews#CarmelSepuloni#LabourNZ#ThreeStrikes RNZ recently launched Season 2 of its ‘Untold Pacific History’ se…
Pacific Mornings 24/04/94
As the nation prepares to remember our fallen soldiers on ANZAC Day, #PacificMornings took some time to hear from Cook Islands Community leader Alfred Ngaro to remind our Pacific audience of the places our people fought and the conditions the soldiers faced. #PMN News #ANZACDay#LestWeForget#Pacific…
Pacific Mornings 23/04/94
The Minister for Pacific Peoples Dr Shane Reti joined #PacificMornings to talk about housing, the New Zealand citizenship bill that could benefit some elderly Samoans, immunisation rates and an update on staff cuts at the Ministry for Pacific Peoples.#PMNNews#DrShaneReti#PacificPeoplesMinister#NZCi…
Pacific Mornings 22/04/24
We can’t start the week without hearing from PMN News sports reporter Matt Manukuo who joined #PacificMornings for another roundup of all the sporting action from the weekend.#PacificSports#MattManukuo#SportsRoundup#WeekendSport Counting of votes in the Solomon Islands joint elections continues, w…
Pacific Mornings 19/04/24
New Zealand’s first Tongan/Niuean educational psychologist, Sonia Pope, joined #PacificMornings to discuss the government’s new plans for education.#SoniaPope#EducationalPsychology#NZEducation Nursing Director for Etu Pasifika Auckland, Falena Prouting joined #PacificMornings to share more about t…
Pacific Mornings 18/04/94
Should Pacific churches lose their tax-free status and pay rates? That’s what the government is looking at, and what will happen if Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has his way. The Assistant National Superintendent for the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Aotearoa-New Zealand and Regional Secretary World Me…
Pacific mornings 17/04/24
Why did the National Party vote against the bill that could reinstate New Zealand citizenship rights to a group of elderly Samoans? Why do New Zealanders have little trust in our journalists? And how will our communities react to news that the Prime Minister is looking at possibly taxing churches? …