Archive News & Announcements - 2024

    Image: IKT collections/shutterstock.com A small team from the University of Waikato is leading a two-year project about how climate change affects people departing their homelands in Tonga and Samoa. A survey with 600 respondees revealed there's particular interest from Tongan women to leave the Kingdom, a gender difference not reflected in the Samoan respondents. Read more from Radio New Zealand International

  A new funding arrangement to strengthen climate change resilience in the Pacific has been announced during a recent New Pacific Mission delegation visit to Cook Islands, Tonga and Samoa. The New Zealand government has confirmed additional support of NZ$15.2 million over three years to help SPREP strengthen the crucial role it plays in providing advice and support in the Pacific. Read more from Radio New Zealand International