For centuries, Pacific Islanders have been sharing stories across the region, Stories from the Pacific honours that tradition, allowing the audience to hear in-depth personal stories from right across the Pacific.
Latest episodes
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PNG filmmaker Alana Hicks talks about creative storytelling, professional liars and shapeshifting
Born in Papua New Guinea and raised in Australia, award-winning writer and filmmaker Alana Hicks has built a career weaving resilience, humour, and identity into unforgettable stor…
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29 min
PNG artist Lesley Wengembo fulfils a grandfather's prediction
When Lesley Wengembo was just 10 years old, he picked up a pencil and drew a portrait of his grandfather.His grandfather looked at it and made a prediction that would shape the you…
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29 min
Monica Paulus was accused of sorcery, so she became a human rights activist for PNG women
Monica Paulus is a human rights activist and co-founder of both the "Highlands Women Human Rights Defenders Network" and "Stop Sorcery Violence". Monica is a protector of women acc…
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29 min
Tamatoa Tepuhiarii's island may be slowly killing him but he will not leave
Maohi scholar and anti-nuclear testing activist Tamatoa Tepuihiari’i grew up in French Polynesia and had a humble childhood, but something sinister had occurred on his island three…
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Lydia Gah's story of survival is harrowing, but by telling it, she hopes to educate and save others
Lydia's story of her marriage with her first husband details 12 years of significant abuse, but she's using it to educate others who may be experiencing something similar.
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30 min
Thomas Manglona II's journey to elevate Chamorro voices
For Thomas Manglona, journalism is life. Hailing from the island of Rota, Thomas is a native Chamorro multimedia journalist, whose work in covering government, social justice and e…
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43 min
Filmmaker Agapetos Aia-Fa'aleava is asking the hard questions
Agapetos Aia-Fa'aleava has always been compelled to speak up against social injustice, and when she learned a law in Queensland had let pubs and clubs deny entry to Pasifika people…
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While the Bougainville Crisis raged around her, Llane Munau believed she was on a holiday
LLane Munau is a filmmaker from Bougainville. The Crisis began she was 10 years old and her father decided to move the family inland to escape the brunt of the violence. In the bus…
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Teaote Davies built a sea wall in Kiribati
There is a children’s book that can be found in schools across Kiribati called Teaote and the Wall. It’s about one woman’s quest to build her own sea wall to protect her home in Ta…
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30 min
William Kadi saved an island from mining, but that’s just his day job
A big mining company. A small island. And a lawyer just two years into practice. William Kadi from the Solomon Islands’ western province took on the case on behalf Wagina’s 2,000 r…
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Tau'ili'ili Alpha Maiava is on a mission to bring extinct sounds back to life
When Tau'ili'ili Alpha Maiava plays the nose flute, he is transported back in time. He knows it is the same sound his ancestors heard 400 years ago. But this sound, along with many…
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30 min
For Visila Koliqaqaru Lagilagi, boxing is life
When Visila Koliqaqaru Lagilagi started boxing, she didn't know where it would take her. She just knew it made her feel strong. It's a strength that she has had to draw on many tim…
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30 min
Matt Howard’s life-changing decision to capture his Micronesian community through a camera lens
Matt Howard was excelling in his career as a paralegal in the military, but after falling in love with the storytelling tools of a camera, he risked it all to follow this new found…
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30 min
Kumu Michelle Manu is reviving the practice of the Hawaiian combat-martial art, "Lua"
Kumu Michelle Manu teaches her students to live a life of "intentional movement". These students are learning the ancient combat martial art of Lua which was once practiced by many…
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Each week Stories from the Pacific will hear from a unique and extraordinary Pacific Islander.
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Kim Sasabone: The Vengaboys star reflects on her Moluccan roots
For millions of people around the world, Kim Sasabone needs no introduction. As the lead singer of Vengaboys, she's helped sell more than 25 million records worldwide, and the Dutc…
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30 min
From growing up during Fiji's coup to the Torres Strait: How comedian Jay Wymarra flipped the comedy script
A proud Gudang/Yadaykenu and Saibai man, Jay Wymarra is a hilarious comedian, fierce drag performer and self-confessed "black nerd".Born in Townsville, raised across Canberra, Fiji…
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30 min
Maps made of memory: Kathy Martin's story of culture, identity and growing up Micronesian
For Kathy Martin, maps aren’t something you find on your phone — they’re inherited, passed down in the way your aunty cuts fish or says your name like it belongs to the land.Raised…
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30 min
Accidental activist Isaac Nasedra: From university mix-up to fierce Pacific political voice
Born of Fijian heritage, but raised in the heart of Western Sydney, Isaac Nasedra accidentally stumbled into environmental forensics, due to a university admissions error, only to…
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29 min
From Fiji to the Frontlines: Dr Suhailah Ali on climate justice, mental health and saving the Pacific
In this episode of Stories From the Pacific, our guest traces her journey from a curious child in Fiji — gazing out across the ocean — to a leading neuroscientist exploring how the…