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Pacific Update: Kiribati fishers found far from home, Killer croc caught

March 18, 2022

Barbara Dreaver has her weekly news round-up from the Pacific region. (Source: 1News)

Welcome to Pacific Update, our weekly news round-up from the region.

This week, we've got the capture of a killer crocodile in the Solomon Islands, fishermen from Kiribati found far from home, and the latest from the pandemic.

As ever, we've got some highlights from social media.

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Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Pacific islands at risk of becoming 'narco-states' – crime advisor

The chair of New Zealand's Ministerial Advisory Group on transnational and serious organised crime warns that "business as usual" would mean "we will go backwards".

Sat, Nov 1

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Donald Trump’s Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Prime Minister Feleti Teo of Tuvalu

Pacific Islands will 'rise and fall' due to sea level rise - Trump official

Logan Church spoke with Trump’s energy secretary, who said we should stop being so worried about climate change. Then he met a Prime Minister whose nation is being swallowed by the sea.

Fri, Sep 26

2:52

HIV, the 'explosive epidemic': Fiji suffers world's fastest spread

HIV, the 'explosive epidemic': Fiji suffers world's fastest spread

Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver investigates the drug-fuelled increase in cases of HIV in Fiji, and what the country is doing to tackle the problem.

Sat, Sep 13

4:03

Nauru reboots passport sale scheme to fund climate fight

Nauru reboots passport sale scheme to fund climate fight

Applicants pay up to NZ$237,500 for Nauruan passports, offering visa-free access to several countries, as the island nation seeks new revenue to restore land and build resilience.

Sun, Sep 7

6:16

Refuge for abused children overwhelmed as SVSG calls for land, funding, and government action to meet surging demand.

Samoa victim support group for children in growing crisis

Refuge for abused children overwhelmed – calls for land, funding, and the Samoan Government to help meet surging demand.

Mon, Aug 25

3:02

Tensions between China and Taiwan play out in the Pacific.

Barbara Dreaver: China casts shadow over Pacific foreign ministers' meeting

Analysis: 1News Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver says the backdrop of China's role in the Pacific should focus the minds of the region's ministers meeting in Fiji today.

Thu, Aug 14

HIV, the 'explosive epidemic': Fiji suffers world's fastest spread

HIV, the 'explosive epidemic': Fiji suffers world's fastest spread

Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver investigates the drug-fuelled increase in cases of HIV in Fiji, and what the country is doing to tackle the problem.

Sat, Sep 13

4:03

Nauru reboots passport sale scheme to fund climate fight

Nauru reboots passport sale scheme to fund climate fight

Applicants pay up to NZ$237,500 for Nauruan passports, offering visa-free access to several countries, as the island nation seeks new revenue to restore land and build resilience.

Sun, Sep 7

6:16

Refuge for abused children overwhelmed as SVSG calls for land, funding, and government action to meet surging demand.

Samoa victim support group for children in growing crisis

Refuge for abused children overwhelmed – calls for land, funding, and the Samoan Government to help meet surging demand.

Mon, Aug 25

3:02

Tensions between China and Taiwan play out in the Pacific.

Barbara Dreaver: China casts shadow over Pacific foreign ministers' meeting

Analysis: 1News Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver says the backdrop of China's role in the Pacific should focus the minds of the region's ministers meeting in Fiji today.

Thu, Aug 14

Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Pacific islands at risk of becoming 'narco-states' – crime advisor

The chair of New Zealand's Ministerial Advisory Group on transnational and serious organised crime warns that "business as usual" would mean "we will go backwards".

Sat, Nov 1

2:48

Donald Trump’s Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Prime Minister Feleti Teo of Tuvalu

Pacific Islands will 'rise and fall' due to sea level rise - Trump official

Logan Church spoke with Trump’s energy secretary, who said we should stop being so worried about climate change. Then he met a Prime Minister whose nation is being swallowed by the sea.

Fri, Sep 26

2:52

HIV, the 'explosive epidemic': Fiji suffers world's fastest spread

HIV, the 'explosive epidemic': Fiji suffers world's fastest spread

Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver investigates the drug-fuelled increase in cases of HIV in Fiji, and what the country is doing to tackle the problem.

Sat, Sep 13

4:03

Nauru reboots passport sale scheme to fund climate fight

Nauru reboots passport sale scheme to fund climate fight

Applicants pay up to NZ$237,500 for Nauruan passports, offering visa-free access to several countries, as the island nation seeks new revenue to restore land and build resilience.

Sun, Sep 7

6:16

Refuge for abused children overwhelmed as SVSG calls for land, funding, and government action to meet surging demand.

Samoa victim support group for children in growing crisis

Refuge for abused children overwhelmed – calls for land, funding, and the Samoan Government to help meet surging demand.

Mon, Aug 25

3:02

Tensions between China and Taiwan play out in the Pacific.

Barbara Dreaver: China casts shadow over Pacific foreign ministers' meeting

Analysis: 1News Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver says the backdrop of China's role in the Pacific should focus the minds of the region's ministers meeting in Fiji today.

Thu, Aug 14

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