Pacific Island nation offering the world the opportunity to sponsor the care of each square kilometre of its Marine Protected Area.   

Niue earning millions from ocean sponsorship scheme

Pacific Island nation offers the world an opportunity to be a 'careholder' to each square kilometre of its Marine Protected Area.

Friday 6:47pm

3:11

Composite image: Dianne McCauley

Barbara Dreaver on her ultimate Pacific paradise and favourite NZ book of all time

TVNZ's Pacific Correspondent knows the islands from all angles, including their most idyllic.

Tue, Jan 6

Proud dads: Sionetane Lea'aemanu, Mateni Lynch and Se'ula Aitu

'I'm answering the calls of broken men': Group helps tough guys become loving dads

Members of Fathers for Families say the group supports them until their behaviour – to their partners, their kids and themselves – starts to change.

December 28, 2025

3:02

Confidential documents reveal Cooks government is continuing with plans to seize tainted cryptocurrency worldwide.

Fractured relationship between NZ-Cook Islands dealt another blow

Confidential documents leaked to 1News reveal the Cook Islands government was looking at new plans to seize tainted cryptocurrency worldwide.

November 12, 2025

2:55

Cook Islands PM Mark Brown, left, and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters.

New Zealand suspends nearly $30m in aid to Cook Islands

Months of talks to repair New Zealand’s relationship with its neighbour in the Pacific have failed.

November 9, 2025

5:22

Health officials asked why there was no measles vaccination drive amidst fears of up to 150 cases a week will hit the Pasifika community.

Pasifika health services scramble as measles cases rise

Real fears about the spread of measles in multigenerational living and at big community events – given it's so contagious.

November 1, 2025

3:08

September 2025
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.

September 13, 2025

4:03

August 2025
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.

August 25, 2025

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.

August 14, 2025

New Zealand Army Colonel Duncan George (left) said the event was "a huge effort" to coordinate and required a lot of planning.

PNG prepares to host armed forces for 50th independence celebration

New Zealand Army Colonel Duncan George who was embedded in Papua New Guinea said it was "a huge effort" to coordinate hosting the armed forces from 10 countries.

August 10, 2025

2:39

Other members tried to hold the struggling pair apart from each other.

Two Tongan MPs suspended after fight in parliament

Other members tried to hold the struggling pair apart from each other.

August 8, 2025

0:45

July 2025
Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver reports on the detector dogs with targets on their backs.

Detection dogs frontline in Pacific to fight the tide of meth

The canine detectors worked in a perilous environment, as proven by the unsolved murder of New Zealand trained Eto in Fiji.

July 29, 2025

2:52

Samoa's caretaker Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says she is worried about the expansion of meth.

'Growing issue': Concerns for Samoa as meth spreads across Pacific

Samoa's caretaker Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says she is worried about the expansion of meth.

July 27, 2025

4:50

Samoa's flag flies at parliament.

Samoa prepares to go to the polls: 'Going to be an interesting election'

The country was plunged into turmoil at the last vote after the former government refused to concede power and triggered months of bitter court battles.

July 21, 2025

2:48

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown.

No senior NZ Govt officials to attend Cook Islands Constitution event

It shows a continuation of the serious rift between the two countries.

July 14, 2025

2:00

June 2025
Associate Professor Jose Sousa-Santos from Canterbury University's Pacific Regional Security Hub.

Transnational crime expert on emerging Pacific meth trends

A Canterbury University professor said a recent meth bust in Fiji showed how non-traditional criminal syndicates were able to operate in the region.

June 11, 2025

2:48

Around 1000 deportations to the Pacific expected as a result of the Trump administration's focus

Report sheds light on growing threat of corruption

New Zealand's vulnerability exposed as the only Five Eyes country without a whole-of-government national anti-corruption strategy.

June 10, 2025

1:30

May 2025
In just thirty days, the team has amassed 39.1 million views on their social media platforms.

The 'body paint guy' hyping up Moana Pasifika from the sidelines

Ardie Savea may be the hero on the field, but on the sidelines, the accolade belongs to Phillip Enari.

May 24, 2025

2:42

Pita and Selu Hingano.

Battle to head off pyramid schemes makes ground

Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver reports on efforts to prevent more vulnerable families succumbing to the scams.

May 18, 2025

March 2025
Communities are facing the brunt of America’s absence.

Fears funding gap left by USAID cuts could be filled by China

Foreign Minister Winston Peters said the cuts leave the Pacific "seriously exposed".

March 16, 2025

2:35

1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver looks at what’s at stake for NZ.

Concerns raised about Chinese interference in the Pacific

The withdrawal of the United States from the Pacific is causing anxiety for New Zealand and Australia as China expands its interests.

March 15, 2025

2:51

February 2025
China secures maritime presence in Cook Islands

China secures maritime presence in Cook Islands

The Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries was signed in Harbin, northern China on February 14.

February 22, 2025

3:11

Cook Islanders to protest for greater transparency

Cook Islanders to protest for greater transparency

Just a day after returning from China, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will face protestors outside parliament this morning as local residents demand more transparency.

February 18, 2025

5:11

The Cook Islands and New Zealand must co-operate and consult on defence and security issues.

'Significant concern': NZ, Cook Islands relationship worsens

A statement from Foreign Minister Winston Peters' office said the Cook Islands had failed to share, which it is required to do as a realm country, the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership "and other agreements" that Prime Minister Mark Brown is about to sign with China.

February 9, 2025

3:02

Mark Brown.

Analysis: Anger in Cook Islands at recent moves

As the Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown jets off to China along with his sizeable delegation, he must know he has seriously misjudged the mood of the country he represents, writes 1News Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver.

February 8, 2025