Pacific Prepared Podcast

How the media in Samoa tackle the ongoing challenges of covering disasters, along with the impacts of climate change. 

Papua New Guinea lawyer was driven to help his community to plant mangroves in an attempt to protect coastlines and marine life. 

One Papua New Guinea farmer explains how unseasonal and heavy rainfall is impacting his livelihood on the land. 

Changing weather conditions are not only making it more challenging for honeybees to perform their roles but also opening the door for new species to outcompete them in Solomon Islands. 

Tongan ta’ovala take hours to craft but beyond the art of making them, another natural product is used to give them a finishing touch. 

The challenges of sourcing fresh and safe water in one Papua New Guinean village and what might help the community moving forward. 

One village member in a coastal Papua New Guinea community describes her relationship with the land like being ‘married to this place’, so watching climate change impact is devastating. 

The experience of a Tongan resident who felt well prepared before a recent strong earthquake in the country. 

Pacific Prepared hears from the listeners about the impact the program has had on them and their families when it comes to being prepared for natural disasters and the changing climate. 

Coastal communities in Tonga live with the ongoing psychological scars of the 2022 volcanic eruption and tsunami. 

Reliving the memories of tropical cyclone Winston in Fiji from 2016 and how that natural disaster changed the way people think about preparedness. 

How weather information is gathered and distributed across the Pacific to end up as vital warnings for communities when there’s a natural disaster. 

Maintaining composure while reporting on natural disasters in the Pacific even though journalists and their families often face the same dangers. 

How memories of tropical cyclone Heta are still fresh in the memories of some Niue residents, and lessons learnt from that experience. 

Tongan communities are focused on making sure people are prepared with 72-hour emergency kits in the event of a natural disaster.

How communities in the Lou Island group in Fiji were more prepared for tropical cyclone Rae due to past experiences of natural disasters. 

Solomon Islands-based organisation speaks about their visit to Vanuatu to assist with the clean-up after the December 2024 earthquake. 

Local community leader in Pohnpei, Micronesia explains how climate change is impacting people close to him and how outer islands are constantly preparing for disasters. 

A passionate community health worker shares her lived experience as a first responder in her village straight after flooding events in recent years.

Tonga takes action to plant more coconut trees in order to ‘start doing what can be done’ to fight climate change rather than waiting on outside assistance. 

A powerful earthquake in Vanuatu has left destruction in its path. How is the nation recovering and what can we learn?

Walking the fine line between welcoming and embracing modern technology and holding on to traditional knowledge in Tuvalu. 

Just physically reaching the outer islands can be a challenge in Tuvalu, so providing disaster preparedness and response information can be equally difficult. 

Media in Tuvalu have a huge area to cover which presents challenges for them when it comes to reporting on all communities in the outer islands 

Residents are busy planting on the beach to mitigate the impacts of climate change on the western side of Fiji in the Ba province.