Oct 29, 202649 min
Local whale watching operators in Tonga are concerned the government is handing out too many licenses while foreign operators flout the rules, putting the whales and their breeding grounds at risk.
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Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.
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What is Pacific Beat about?
Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.
What has Pacific Beat covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Tongan whale watcher operators accuse foreign businesses of rule breaking" (29 October 2026, 49 minutes), "Timor-Leste vows to continue gas project despite Woodside withdrawal" (28 October 2026, 50 minutes), and "Twelve dead in PNG after armed robbery ends in gunfight with police" (26 October 2026, 49 minutes).
How often does Pacific Beat publish?
Pacific Beat publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 25 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Pacific Beat?
Booking probability for Pacific Beat is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Pacific Beat requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Pacific Beat's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Pacific Beat?
The strongest fits for Pacific Beat are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. Pacific Beat has a news audience.
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Pacific Beat is a news podcast with 25 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 28, 202650 min
Timor-Leste has vowed to press ahead with its controversial 'Greater Sunrise' gas project after Woodside Energy sold its 33 per cent stake, leaving the project without an operator.
- Oct 26, 202649 min
Twelve people are dead after an armed robbery ended in a vehicle rollover and a gunfight with authorities.
- Oct 25, 202647 min
An earthquake off Northern Vanuatu has been followed by a series of strong aftershocks throughout the weekend.
- Oct 22, 202642 min
Vanuatu's government has described the actions of the so-called "second republic movement" as illegal, warning that participants could be charged with sedition.
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Pacific Beat
PNG Chiefs unveil logo and jersey
Oct 21, 202647 minThe PNG Chiefs now have an identity of their own with the unveiling of the club's inaugural logo and jersey ahead of its debut NRL season in 2028. The Chiefs' colours and logo are out there, and replica shirts are due...
- Oct 20, 202645 min
Papua New Guinean university students will be able to apply to join the Australian Defence Force from next month.
- Oct 19, 202652 min
Reactions are mixed over the death of the South Pacific's most infamous conman Noah Musingku.
- Oct 18, 202647 min
Guam breathed a sigh of relief over the weekend when Super Typhoon Champi narrowly missed a direct hit on the island.
- Oct 15, 202648 min
Fijian conjoined twins have just undergone a 12-hour separation surgery in Saudi Arabia successfully.
- Oct 14, 202646 min
Chief Scientist Chris Brandolino at Earth Sciences New Zealand is warning the first cyclone of the season could develop in a matter of days.
- Oct 13, 202643 min
Fiji's Justice Minister and Acting Attorney General, Siromi Turaga, has resigned from his ministerial portfolio after an explicit video was shared on his Facebook page.
- Oct 12, 202651 min
Before their rescue, passengers on board the stranded ferry Awka in Solomon Islands were starting to fear the worst, but Starlink kept them connected to the outside world.
Pacific Beat
Pre-COP31 enters final day of discussions
Oct 7, 202651 minAustralia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may have left Fiji but discussions at the Pre-COP31 meeting continued well into last night. As expected, climate finance dominated the talks.
- Oct 6, 202648 min
On the sidelines of Pre-COP31, leaders have been brought face to face with the people living on the frontline of global warming
- Oct 5, 202647 min
Pre-COP's first guest, PNG Prime Minister James Marape has pledged financial help to Tuvalu's land reclamation project to combat rising seas.
- Oct 4, 202652 min
As Fiji and Tuvalu host Pre-COP31 this week, one village in Fiji has been living in tents for more than five years, while another has moved altogether to escape rising seas.
- Oct 1, 202648 min
Fiji's parliament has passed new laws creating a Counter Narcotics Bureau, giving authorities new powers to search, seize and carry out covert operations.
- Sep 30, 202649 min
Fiji police say another batch of drugs held as evidence in the Suva High Court, is missing, bringing the total amount of missing cocaine from the high court to 52kg.
- Sep 29, 202646 min
$10 million worth of cocaine, stored at the Suva High Court, has been replaced with what's reported to be flour.
Recent guests
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Penny Wong
Senator, Shadow Foreign Minister, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Australian Foreign Ministry
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Surangel Whipps Jr
President of Palau, Palau
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Dr Peter Nuttal
Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport
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Anote Tong
Kiribati
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