Pacific Prepared Podcast

Tongan artist Mia Kami’s art highlights climate threat 16.02.2023 30:00 ↓

Tongan artist Mia Kami uses her art to highlight the threat climate change poses to her country’s existence.

When disaster strikes the Pacific how is disability accounted for and what improvements can be made? 09.02.2023 30:00 ↓

A Tongan advocate describes how living with a disability adds to the challenge of preparing and living through a natural disaster in the Pacific.

Tongan communities have a place to call home again after volcanic eruption and tsunami 02.02.2023 30:00 ↓

After almost one year of crisis accommodation and cramped living, families from Mango Island finally have a home.

Why risk communication 'does not work if there is no trust' 26.01.2023 30:00 ↓

Trust in the media was one of the things discussed at the recent disaster risk reduction forum in Brisbane.

The ‘half modern, half traditional’ job that helps some of Fiji’s outer islands prepare for natural disasters 19.01.2023 30:00 ↓

How remote Fijian communities communicate with their councils.

'Like a big bomb’: Tongan stories of survival one year on from the volcanic eruption and tsunami 12.01.2023 30:00 ↓

Incredible survival stories, and how communities are coping now, one year on from the Tongan volcanic eruption and tsunami

Managing the relationships between Indigenous Fijian islanders and the modern world of the Pacific 05.01.2023 30:00 ↓

Island hopping and drinking coconut milk; it’s all part of the job.

Students in a remote Fijian village are now catching a boat to school because the roads are being washed away 29.12.2022 30:00 ↓

After the main road was washed away due to rising sea levels, students from a remote school in the Yasawa Islands are travelling to school by boat.

Tidal information rolls out for coastal communities across the Pacific in the form of calendars 22.12.2022 30:00 ↓

Coastal Pacific communities who rely on the ocean will soon have access to tidal information included in new calendars

Tsunami contamination cleanup gives locals access to water supply in Tonga 15.12.2022 30:00 ↓

Locals have regained access to a critical water supply which was lost in the tsunami earlier this year.

Young people in Tonga have lived with natural disasters their whole lives, this is how it’s affected them 08.12.2022 30:00 ↓

Tongan youths give their thoughts on climate change and living with natural disasters, which are becoming more frequent and destructive for them.

Disaster reporting challenges and the impact of the volcanic eruption in Tonga 01.12.2022 30:00 ↓

The volcanic eruption in early 2022 has sharpened the focus of the Tonga Broadcasting Commission when it comes to emergency coverage and broadcasting.

Solomon Islands residents feel the impact of two large earthquakes off the southwest coast 24.11.2022 30:00 ↓

Two large earthquakes left some Solomon Islands residents panicked and concerned, but the country avoided any tsunami threat

Tongan tsunami warning system tested as 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggers alarms 17.11.2022 30:00 ↓

The early warning tsunami sirens in Tonga proved valuable after a strong earthquake hit off the coast on November 11.

Vanuatu government is pushing to have climate change recognised as a human rights violation 10.11.2022 30:00 ↓

A campaign to have climate change recognised as a human rights violation is moving forward and the Vanuatu government is hopeful of an outcome

Weather services rolling out predictions and warnings ahead of Pacific cyclone season 04.11.2022 ↓

As the cyclone season starts for 2022-2023, weather and emergency offices are issuing predictions and warnings hoping to prepare communities.

Finding ‘less traditional’ methods of getting health information to communities in Palau 27.10.2022 30:00 ↓

Finding different ways to communicate health messages to the community in Palau

Residents from the Fijian village being eroded by the ocean speak about slowly losing their home 20.10.2022 30:00 ↓

Increasingly more powerful storms and cyclones are chipping away at a Fijian village coastline, and their homes are under threat.

Climate literacy in the Pacific means understanding how traditional knowledge can still be relevant 13.10.2022 30:00 ↓

A researcher has been working with young people in Fiji to get an idea of what they know about traditional methods of reading the environment, and where they learned it.

The complexities of relocation in the Pacific and the real-life impacts climate change is having 06.10.2022 30:00 ↓

Aside from the logistical challenges of moving a village, there are more reasons why this short-term solution to climate change is complex in the Pacific.

Why risk communication 'does not work if there is no trust' 29.09.2022 30:00 ↓

Trust in the media was one of the things discussed at the recent disaster risk reduction forum in Brisbane.

Tongan authorities draw attention to tsunami sirens with weekly tests 22.09.2022 30:00 ↓

Tongan authorities are hoping that weekly tsunami siren tests will raise awareness of the meaning of the sound, and also what people need to do after hearing it.

PNG reacts to an earthquake that killed a number of people and destroyed hundreds of homes 15.09.2022 30:00 ↓

Residents have had to quickly take stock of their situation as communications and power went down in areas near the large earthquake of September 11.

Vanuatu, the most vulnerable nation in the world to climate change, releases commitments 08.09.2022 30:00 ↓

Climate plea from one of the most vulnerable countries in the world

Drinking water delivered to Tongan residents as drought dries up local supplies 01.09.2022 30:00 ↓

As drought takes its toll on Tonga’s local drinking water, the government has stepped in to provide for communities and villages.