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FIBA Polynesian Cup - Men's Group - Cook Islands vs Tonga

Title: FIBA Polynesian Cup - Men's Group - Cook Islands vs Tonga
Runtime: 1:47:33
Date posted: 21 days ago
Description: Catch all FIBA Polynesian Cup and FIBA Women's Polynesian Cup action live on Pasifika TVs YouTube channel, delivering every game from Tahiti as teams chase Pacific Games 2027 qualification.

FIBA Polynesian Cup - Women's Group - America Samoa vs Tahiti

Title: FIBA Polynesian Cup - Women's Group - America Samoa vs Tahiti
Runtime: 1:51:56
Date posted: 22 days ago
Description: Catch all FIBA Polynesian Cup and FIBA Women's Polynesian Cup action live on Pasifika TV's YouTube channel, delivering every game from Tahiti as teams chase Pacific Games 2027 qualification.

FIBA Polynesian Cup - Men's Group - Samoa vs Tahiti

Title: FIBA Polynesian Cup - Men's Group - Samoa vs Tahiti
Runtime: 1:53:15
Date posted: 22 days ago
Description: Catch all FIBA Polynesian Cup and FIBA Women's Polynesian Cup action live on Pasifika TVs YouTube channel, delivering every game from Tahiti as teams chase Pacific Games 2027 qualification.

Climate Finance: Why Is It So Hard for Pacific Communities to Access? | Pre-COP31

Title: Climate Finance: Why Is It So Hard for Pacific Communities to Access? | Pre-COP31
Runtime: 4:23
Date posted: 22 days ago
Description: Billions are committed globally to tackling climate change, but accessing that funding remains a major challenge for Pacific countries and communities.
Complex application processes, lengthy approval times and delays in delivering finance can prevent communities from taking urgent climate action.
At Pre-COP31 in Fiji, Professor Jacqueline Peel and IPCC Lead Author Dr Viliamu Iese explain why international climate finance systems need to work better for the Pacific.

FIBA Polynesian Cup - Women's Group - Samoa vs Cook Islands

Title: FIBA Polynesian Cup - Women's Group - Samoa vs Cook Islands
Runtime: 1:46:10
Date posted: 22 days ago
Description: Catch all FIBA Polynesian Cup and FIBA Women's Polynesian Cup action live on Pasifika TV's YouTube channel, delivering every game from Tahiti as teams chase Pacific Games 2027 qualification.

Climate Change Is Threatening Pacific Human Rights | Pre-COP31

Title: Climate Change Is Threatening Pacific Human Rights | Pre-COP31
Runtime: 3:11
Date posted: 22 days ago
Description: The right to food, water, housing, health and culture, these are fundamental human rights. But across the Pacific, climate change is putting them increasingly at risk. From coral bleaching threatening traditional food sources in the Cook Islands to rising seas affecting homes and agricultural land, Pacific communities are experiencing impacts that go far beyond environmental damage.
Riya Bhagwan speaks with Terito Story from the Cook Islands Department of Climate Change, Linda Vaike from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, and Vishal Prasad from Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change about why climate change is also a human rights issue.
As the Pacific prepares for COP31, the question remains: who is accountable for protecting the rights of communities on the frontlines of climate change?

FIBA Polynesian Cup - Men's Group - Tahiti vs America Samoa

Title: FIBA Polynesian Cup - Men's Group - Tahiti vs America Samoa
Runtime: 1:26:11
Date posted: 22 days ago
Description: Catch all FIBA Polynesian Cup and FIBA Women's Polynesian Cup action live on Pasifika TVs YouTube channel, delivering every game from Tahiti as teams chase Pacific Games 2027 qualification.

Climate Change Is Testing Pacific Traditional Knowledge | Pre-COP31

Title: Climate Change Is Testing Pacific Traditional Knowledge | Pre-COP31
Runtime: 3:02
Date posted: 22 days ago
Description: For generations, Pacific communities have relied on traditional knowledge to understand the weather, ocean and land, helping them prepare for extreme events.
But as climate change brings increasingly intense and unfamiliar weather conditions, that knowledge is being tested.
IPCC Lead Author Dr Viliamu Iese explains why combining traditional knowledge, lived experiences and climate science is essential to strengthening Pacific resilience and ensuring Pacific voices help shape global climate decisions.

FIBA Polynesian Cup - Men's Group - Tonga vs Samoa

Title: FIBA Polynesian Cup - Men's Group - Tonga vs Samoa
Runtime: 1:58:06
Date posted: 22 days ago
Description: Catch all FIBA Polynesian Cup and FIBA Women's Polynesian Cup action live on Pasifika TVs YouTube channel, delivering every game from Tahiti as teams chase Pacific Games 2027 qualification.

Title: VBTC - Island Innovators
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 26 days ago
Description: 🇻🇺🇻🇺🇻🇺 OUR PACIFIC COOPERATION BROADCASTING LIMITED Pasifika TV (PCBL), PASIFIKA ON AIR (PoA) FORMAT SERIES FROM VANUATU'S VBTC - ISLAND INNOVATORS STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT!! 🇻🇺🇻🇺🇻🇺

Island Innovators by Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation VBTC (3 x 30’ factual format series) will be showing on our Pasifika TV via your local broadcaster (refer list in comments):

📅 Wednesday 7.30pm NZT 14th October 2026
📅 Wednesday 7:30pm NZT 21st October 2026
📅 Wednesday 7:30pm NZT 28th October 2026

Also showing locally in Vanuatu via VBTC:
📅 Thursday
📅 Sunday

Read more about our Pasifika on Air, Format Series Island Innovators via https://pasifikatv.co.nz/high-hopes-for-pasifika-on-air-funded-pilot-format-series/

#PCBL #PasifikaTV #PoA #PoAFormatSeries

PACIFIC VOICES | The Palau Review: PIFLM55

Title: PACIFIC VOICES | The Palau Review: PIFLM55
Runtime: 1:27:12
Date posted: 27 days ago
Description: What does it mean to stand together as one Pacific, and whose voices are shaping the region’s future? Set against the people, culture and breathtaking landscapes of Palau, Pacific Voices – The Palau Review takes audiences beyond the meeting rooms of the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.
This feature reflects on the conversations, challenges and decisions shaping the Blue Pacific, from regional unity and sovereignty to climate change, ocean protection, economic resilience and the future of Pacific cooperation.
Through conversations with Pacific leaders, regional thinkers, journalists and communities, the documentary explores not only what happened in Palau, but why it matters to the people of our region.
Featuring perspectives from Transform Aqorau, Johnson Toribiong, Baklai Temengil and other Pacific voices, the documentary asks a deeper question: As the Pacific navigates a changing world, how do we build a stronger region without losing who we are?

Around Pre-COP31: Pacific Voices from the Climate Village

Title: Around Pre-COP31: Pacific Voices from the Climate Village
Runtime: 7:15
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Pasifika TV takes us around Pre-COP31 in Fiji, meeting Pacific leaders, advocates and young people and hearing their perspectives on climate action. From youth leadership and plastic pollution to the landmark ICJ climate ruling, Pacific voices share their hopes for practical outcomes and stronger action beyond Pre-COP.

Pre-COP31 Wrap: Pacific Takes Its Climate Priorities to Antalya

Title: Pre-COP31 Wrap: Pacific Takes Its Climate Priorities to Antalya
Runtime: 2:03
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Pre-COP31 in Fiji has wrapped with a clear message from the Pacific: seeing the climate crisis firsthand must now translate into action.
With global decision-makers brought closer to frontline Pacific communities, attention now turns to COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye and whether what was heard and seen in the Pacific will be reflected in what the world delivers.

Pacific Climate Negotiators Behind the COP Negotiating Rooms

Title: Pacific Climate Negotiators Behind the COP Negotiating Rooms
Runtime: 4:38
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Behind the speeches and high-level meetings at COP are Pacific climate negotiators working long hours to make sure the region’s priorities are heard. They share the pressure, preparation and personal motivation behind representing Pacific communities in negotiations involving nearly 200 parties, where science, diplomacy and the realities back home all meet.

Climate Change Puts Pacific Food Security at Risk

Title: Climate Change Puts Pacific Food Security at Risk
Runtime: 2:35
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Climate change could cost some Pacific families around two fish-based meals a week, threatening not only food security but livelihoods, culture and traditions tied to the ocean.

Cook Islands Pushes 1 5°C Priority at COP31

Title: Cook Islands Pushes 1 5°C Priority at COP31
Runtime: 5:15
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Cook Islands mitigation coordinator Charlene Hoff says protecting the 1.5°C pathway remains a key priority heading into COP31.

Pacific Pre-COP31: From Words to Action | Days 1 & 2

Title: Pacific Pre-COP31: From Words to Action | Days 1 & 2
Runtime: 5:08
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Two days into Pre-COP31 in Fiji, Pacific priorities are clear, 1.5°C, climate finance and loss and damage.
Sera Sefeti looks at what has emerged so far, Australia’s role in the COP31 process, and the key question heading into the final days: will Pacific priorities translate into action?

Pacific Pushes to Put Nature and Ocean at Heart of Climate Action

Title: Pacific Pushes to Put Nature and Ocean at Heart of Climate Action
Runtime: 2:39
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: For Pacific communities, climate change, biodiversity and the ocean cannot be separated. As ecosystems face growing pressure, Pacific representatives are calling for stronger protection of nature — and for the ocean to be elevated within global climate negotiations.

The World Has Come to the Pacific_ Pre COP31 Opening

Title: The World Has Come to the Pacific_ Pre COP31 Opening
Runtime: 2:41
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: COP31 Oceania Envoy Tina Stege reflects on the opening of Pre-COP31 in Fiji and the significance of global climate discussions being held in the Pacific. Her message is clear: the world must listen to Pacific realities and act urgently to protect the 1.5°C limit.

World Leaders Witness Climate Change Impacts in Tuvalu | Pre-COP31

Title: World Leaders Witness Climate Change Impacts in Tuvalu | Pre-COP31
Runtime: 2:23
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: At Tuvalu’s local market, vendors share a glimpse of everyday life in Funafuti, from the food they sell to the realities facing families and communities across the island nation.

Climate Change Deepens Pacific NCD Crisis

Title: Climate Change Deepens Pacific NCD Crisis
Runtime: 2:50
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Climate change is making it harder for Pacific communities to grow food and fish, increasing pressure on families already facing an NCD crisis.
IPCC lead author Dr Viliamu Iese explains how extreme heat, drought and changing food systems are putting both health and livelihoods at risk.

Why 1 5°C Matters to the Pacific Pre COP31

Title: Why 1 5°C Matters to the Pacific Pre COP31
Runtime: 4:54
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: For the Pacific, 1.5°C is more than a climate target, it is about protecting homes, livelihoods and ways of life. COP31 Oceania Envoy Tina Stege explains why every fraction of warming matters and why Pacific voices must be front and centre as the world comes to the region for Pre-COP31.

Mick Curran | First Tonga National Rugby League team captain

Title: Mick Curran | First Tonga National Rugby League team captain
Runtime: 4:30
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: This year marks 40 years since the Tonga National Rugby League teammade its international debut in the 1986 Pacific Cup in the Cook Islands.

Inaugural captain of the side, Mick Curran gives some insight into what it has meant to play for his mother’s homeland, and what the game of league means to him.

From October 9-10, 2026, the legacy of Tonga rugby league and its future will be celebrated in the Mate Ma’a Tonga 40th Anniversary Celebration, at Trusts Stadium, Auckland. Video credit: Jack Tarrant/Pasifika TV.

#RLWC #RLWC2026 #PRLWC2026 #MMT

ICJ Climate Ruling A Lifeline for Global Health

Title: ICJ Climate Ruling A Lifeline for Global Health
Runtime: 4:12
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description

Title: 2026 PRECOP Pacific evnoy Ruel YT
Runtime: 2:20
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description

OPENING TALANOA WITH PACIFIC CLIMATE ENVOYS

Title: OPENING TALANOA WITH PACIFIC CLIMATE ENVOYS
Runtime: 6:18
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description

Title: Pacific PRECOP the Day Ahead: Day 1
Runtime: 5:09
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description

Title: Sunday Church Message
Runtime: 5:03
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description

Title: Ecumenical church service
Runtime: 8:38
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description

PRE-COP31: The World Comes to the Pacific

Title: PRE-COP31: The World Comes to the Pacific
Runtime: 4:08
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: In just hours, climate leaders, ministers and negotiators from more than 50 countries will gather in Fiji for Pre-COP31. For the Pacific, the talks are about more than climate targets and negotiations. They are about protecting homes, oceans, food and water, culture and ancestral land — and ensuring climate finance reaches the communities that need it most. From keeping 1.5°C within reach and phasing out fossil fuels, to protecting the ocean and recognising loss that cannot be measured in dollars, Pacific voices are arriving with clear expectations.

Pacific SIDS Wraps ahead of PreCOP31 in Fiji

Title: Pacific SIDS Wraps ahead of PreCOP31 in Fiji
Runtime: 22:43
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description

Pacific countries need climate finance that matches the scale of their needs

Title: Pacific countries need climate finance that matches the scale of their needs
Runtime: 1:07
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Kunal Singh from the Pacific Community says access to adequate, predictable and fit-for-purpose climate finance must remain a key Pacific priority heading into COP31, alongside stronger global ambition on the 1.5°C goal.

Climate Finance: The Hidden Cost of Reaching Pacific Communities

Title: Climate Finance: The Hidden Cost of Reaching Pacific Communities
Runtime: 2:50
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Climate funding may pay for a project but who pays to get that project to a remote island? Fiji and Cook Islands officials say transport costs, complex requirements and lengthy approval processes can prevent climate finance from reaching the communities that need it most. Riya Bhagwan reports on the Pacific push for climate finance that reflects the realities of island nations.

Niue Turns Its Ocean Into an Investment in the Future

Title: Niue Turns Its Ocean Into an Investment in the Future
Runtime: 3:38
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: The Pacific has always been resilient.
But climate change is pushing that resilience into new territory.
From traditional knowledge passed down through generations, to new ways of protecting oceans and communities, Pacific people are finding their own ways to adapt.
And in Niue, that has meant rethinking how conservation is funded and creating a model built around the realities of a small island nation.
Riya Bhagwan shows us how Niue is turning to its greatest natural asset, the ocean, to help build its own path to climate resilience.

FSM: Climate Change Threatens Food and Water Security

Title: FSM: Climate Change Threatens Food and Water Security
Runtime: 3:00
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Climate change is putting food, water, health and livelihoods at risk across the Federated States of Micronesia.
FSM Assistant Secretary for Climate Change Lucille Apis-Overhoff explains her country’s key concerns heading into COP31, as Pacific climate experts also warn about the potential impacts of El Niño.
From extreme weather to growing pressure on essential resources, the climate crisis is increasingly becoming a security issue for Pacific communities.

Palau on the Human Cost of Climate Loss and Damage

Title: Palau on the Human Cost of Climate Loss and Damage
Runtime: 6:19
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Palau’s National Climate Change Coordinator Xavier Matsutaro discusses what climate loss and damage really means for Pacific communities, beyond the economic cost of damaged homes, infrastructure and livelihoods.

The Data Behind the Pacific’s 1 5°C Fight

Title: The Data Behind the Pacific’s 1 5°C Fight
Runtime: 5:13
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: As Pacific countries prepare for Pre-COP31, the Pacific Community (SPC) is helping negotiators take scientific evidence and data to the global climate negotiating table.

Title: Pacific SIDS Sets COP31 Priorities
Runtime: 1:34
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description

Title: DAY 2 WRAP | PACIFIC SIDS PRE-COP31
Runtime: 24:28
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Day 2 of the Pacific SIDS Pre-COP31 meeting in Nadi, Fiji, saw Pacific negotiators dig deeper into the issues they will take to the global climate talks.

Pacific PreCOP31 | Fiji Communities Fight to Protect Homes from Climate Impacts

Title: Pacific PreCOP31 | Fiji Communities Fight to Protect Homes from Climate Impacts
Runtime: 2:40
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: For some communities in Fiji, measures designed to protect their land are no longer enough. As erosion moves closer to homes, questions are being raised about whether families can safely remain or may eventually need to relocate. Fiji is taking these frontline realities into Pacific Pre-COP31, calling for urgent climate action as the region prepares to host global decision-makers.

Pacific PreCOP31 | Pacific Youth Demand a Say in the Future They Will Inherit

Title: Pacific PreCOP31 | Pacific Youth Demand a Say in the Future They Will Inherit
Runtime: 3:12
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: For some communities in Fiji, measures designed to protect their land are no longer enough. As erosion moves closer to homes, questions are being raised about whether families can safely remain or may eventually need to relocate. Fiji is taking these frontline realities into Pacific Pre-COP31, calling for urgent climate action as the region prepares to host global decision-makers.

Pacific PreCOP31 | Tuvalu to Show Leaders the Reality of Rising Seas

Title: Pacific PreCOP31 | Tuvalu to Show Leaders the Reality of Rising Seas
Runtime: 3:08
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Global leaders are heading to Tuvalu for the Pacific Pre-COP31 Ministerial Meeting and Leaders’ Event, where they will see firsthand the threat rising seas pose to one of the world’s lowest-lying nations. Tuvalu says the visit is an opportunity to turn decades of Pacific warnings into something leaders can see for themselves, and to reinforce its call for urgent climate action.

Pacific PreCOP31 | Solomon Islands Sets Climate Priorities Ahead of COP31

Title: Pacific PreCOP31 | Solomon Islands Sets Climate Priorities Ahead of COP31
Runtime: 2:05
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Solomon Islands climate negotiator Henry Tufa outlines the country’s key priorities heading into Pre-COP and COP31, including climate finance, loss and damage, keeping 1.5°C within reach, and turning global commitments into action for Pacific communities.

Pacific PreCOP31 | Vanuatu Calls for Faster Climate Finance

Title: Pacific PreCOP31 | Vanuatu Calls for Faster Climate Finance
Runtime: 2:18
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Vanuatu says accelerating climate finance will be critical as Pacific countries prepare for COP31.
Climate negotiator Florence Kuali Iautu says finance cuts across almost every area of climate action, while Vanuatu is also pushing for the special circumstances of Small Island Developing States to be reflected in implementation.
Alex Dadamau reports for Pasifika TV.

Pacific Pre COP31 | Rising Seas: What the Pacific Stands to Lose

Title: Pacific Pre COP31 | Rising Seas: What the Pacific Stands to Lose
Runtime: 4:39
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: For generations, the ocean has sustained Pacific communities, providing food, livelihoods and connections between islands.
But as sea levels continue to rise, communities are increasingly facing the loss of land, homes and places of deep cultural significance.
Riya Bhagwan looks at what rising seas mean for Pacific communities and why protecting 1.5°C remains critical for the region.

2026 Pre-COP31 | Paddle for Hope: Rev James Bhagwan

Title: 2026 Pre-COP31 | Paddle for Hope: Rev James Bhagwan
Runtime: 6:53
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: After paddling more than 500 kilometres around Viti Levu, Pacific Conference of Churches General Secretary Rev James Bhagwan brings the voices and experiences of coastal communities into the climate conversation.
The Paddle for Hope journey highlighted ocean protection, single-use plastic pollution and climate action, connecting community experiences with Pacific priorities on the road to Pre-COP31 and COP31. Rev Bhagwan also brought that message to the Pacific SIDS Pre-COP31 meeting in Nadi.

Pacific SIDS Pre-COP31 | Day 2: Strengthening the Pacific Position

Title: Pacific SIDS Pre-COP31 | Day 2: Strengthening the Pacific Position
Runtime: 6:45
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Day 2 of the Pacific SIDS Pre-COP31 meeting in Nadi, Fiji, sees Pacific negotiators deepen discussions on the region’s priorities ahead of COP31.

Pacific Pre-COP31 | Day 1: Pacific Priorities Take Centre Stage

Title: Pacific Pre-COP31 | Day 1: Pacific Priorities Take Centre Stage
Runtime: 17:09
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Day 1 of the Pacific SIDS Pre-COP31 brings Pacific negotiators and climate experts together in Nadi, Fiji, to strengthen regional priorities ahead of COP31.
Pasifika TV brings you the key voices and discussions, from keeping 1.5°C within reach to climate finance, loss and damage, and what these negotiations mean for Pacific communities.

Pacific PreCOP31 | Why 1 5°C Means Survival for the Pacific

Title: Pacific PreCOP31 | Why 1 5°C Means Survival for the Pacific
Runtime: 4:09
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: For almost a decade, Pacific countries have carried the same message to the world, keep 1.5°C within reach.
But why does every fraction of a degree matter?
From rising seas threatening low-lying nations to communities already being forced from ancestral land, the consequences of a warming planet are no longer a future threat for the Pacific.
Riya Bhagwan speaks with Pacific climate voices about what exceeding 1.5°C could mean for the region, and why the Pacific continues to fight to keep 1.5 alive.

Pacific PreCOP31 | Samoa Pushes to Keep 1 5°C Alive

Title: Pacific PreCOP31 | Samoa Pushes to Keep 1 5°C Alive
Runtime: 2:31
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Samoa is taking a clear message into the next round of climate negotiations, keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius must remain a priority.
Climate Change Officer Bernadette Partida-Amosa says the impacts are becoming harder to ignore, particularly for vulnerable Pacific communities.
As the region prepares for COP31, Samoa wants Pacific priorities and future generations to remain at the centre of global climate action.
Alex Dadamu reports

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