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January 21, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor In an otherwise mixed month for the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), its leadership is hailing a win for Pacific conservation efforts with the UN Treaty on the High Seas coming into effect. The legally binding UN High Seas Treaty officially received more than 60 ratifications, and following ... <a title="High Seas Treaty welcome news for SPREP in uncertain times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/high-seas-treaty-welcome-news-for-sprep-in-uncertain-times/" aria-label="Read more about High Seas Treaty welcome news for SPREP in uncertain times">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist Just over a week after the United States announced its withdrawal from the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) — China has stepped in to fill the funding gap. President Donald Trump included the scientific organisation among a list of others that US government officials were ordered to withdraw from. ... <a title="China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after Trump pulls out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/china-matches-us-contribution-to-pacific-environmental-body-a-week-after-trump-pulls-out/" aria-label="Read more about China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after Trump pulls out">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2025
Pacific Media Watch A feature story authored by a student journalist highlighting the harm plastic pollution poses to human health in Fiji — with risks expected to rise significantly if robust action is not taken soon — has won the Online category of the 2024 Vision Pasifika Media Awards — Cleaner Pacific. Riya Bhagwan, a ... <a title="USP student journalists win Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/09/usp-student-journalists-win-vision-pasifika-media-award-for-plastic-pollution-reports/" aria-label="Read more about USP student journalists win Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution reports">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2025
Pacific Media Watch A feature story authored by a student journalist highlighting the harm plastic pollution poses to human health in Fiji — with risks expected to rise significantly if robust action is not taken soon — has won the Online category of the 2024 Vision Pasifika Media Awards — Cleaner Pacific. Riya Bhagwan, a ... <a title="USP student journalist wins Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/01/usp-student-journalist-wins-vision-pasifika-media-award-for-plastic-pollution-report/" aria-label="Read more about USP student journalist wins Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution report">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2025
RNZ Pacific Pacific leaders believe climate experts are missing an opportunity to incorporate indigenous knowledge into adaptation measures. The call has been made as hundreds of scientists, global leaders, and climate adaptation experts around the globe gather at the Adaptation Futures Conference in Christchurch. At the conference’s opening session, Tuvalu’s Environment Minister Maina Talia explained ... <a title="Pacific voices urge experts to ‘decolonise’ adaptation at New Zealand’s largest climate forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/15/pacific-voices-urge-experts-to-decolonise-adaptation-at-new-zealands-largest-climate-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific voices urge experts to ‘decolonise’ adaptation at New Zealand’s largest climate forum">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist A platform has been dedicated to bolster the Pacific leadership at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties — COP27. Known as the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion, the Fono or council aims to faciliate talanoa, or conversation, and knowledge-sharing on issues important to the Pacific, especially advocacy ... <a title="COP27: Platform will boost Pacific presence at UN climate conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/cop27-platform-will-boost-pacific-presence-at-un-climate-conference/" aria-label="Read more about COP27: Platform will boost Pacific presence at UN climate conference">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
By Akansha Narayan in Suva Award-winning University of the South Pacific student journalist Sera Tikotikoivatu-Sefeti says Pacific voices on the climate fight need to be amplified for big nations to notice and be accountable for their actions. The final-year student recently won the top prize in the tertiary level journalism students category at the 2022 ... <a title="Pacific climate stories need to be ‘heard and told’, says USP award winner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/pacific-climate-stories-need-to-be-heard-and-told-says-usp-award-winner/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific climate stories need to be ‘heard and told’, says USP award winner">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2018
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