The Pacific Way
A podcast by the Pacific Community, bringing stories of science, culture, traditions and innovation from across the region. This is the Pacific Way.
- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Tok MEL Pasefika Episode 3: It’s Not All in the Toolkit – Centring Indigenous Knowledge in MEL
Episode 3: It’s Not All in the Toolkit – Centring Indigenous Knowledge in MEL
Dr. Apisalome Movono, Alessandra Mel and Ascenaca Blake dive deep into what it really means to centre Indigenous Pacific …
Tok MEL Pasefika Episode 2: Who holds the pen? Shifting Power in MEL Narratives
Valery Wichman, Sioeli Tonga and Joy Waffi discuss honouring culture, working with cultural power dynamics in MEL and ensuring the hard to reach in the Pacific can be reachable within MEL practices. …
Tok MEL Pasefika Episode 1: Pacific MEL, Our Way
What does it mean to do MEL our way? Host EroniWavu is joined by Pacific MEL leaders Frances C. Koya Vaka'uta, Ruth Matela, Charlene Mersai, and Christina Hazelman for a powerful talanoa on what make…
COP 29: The Urgent Need for Loss and Damage Support in the Pacific
The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat but an urgent reality. Pacific Island communities feel the worst effects, even though they produce less than 0.03% of the world's greenhouse gas emiss…
S04 - E10: Pacific Voices at COP27 - '1.5 to stay alive' for the blue pacific continent.
The solidarity amongst the pacific islands delegation to conserve our region and protect it from the ongoing impacts of climate change was evident at the United Nations Climate Change conference or C…
S04 - E09: 50th Anniversary of the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture - ‘Our future is in our past’
For half a century the Pacific Community has been working in collaboration with pacific islands countries and territories to preserve, protect and promote the regions unique traditions as custodians …
S04 - E08: Creating the winds of change in Pacific Education
In early September 2022, the fourth cycle report of the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) was launched in Suva Fiji.
Administered through the Pacific Community’s Educational Qu…
S04 - E07: Building Research Capacity for food security
To ensure the region has the capacity and the technical know- how to advance agriculture and aquaculture in the region, a new cadre of experts are being trained through the Australian Center for Inte…
S04 - E06: The 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent
Pacific Islands Leaders met in Suva Fiji in July 2022, where the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent was endorsed. The strategy focuses on seven key thematic areas: political leadership and …
SO4 - EO5: Safeguarding Pacific Health
From the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic, the Pacific Community has worked with donor agencies and partners to strengthen and safeguard the health of Pacific Islanders.
Working with international agen…
SO4-E04: Island Innovation and Clinton Global Initiative shine spotlight on Pacific Food Systems
The Pacific Community (SPC)'s Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT) has won the 2022 Island Innovation award for Innovative Island Research. The award, which supported by the Clinton Global Ini…
S04-E03: Growing 'Green Gold' in the Pacific
As the Pacific region looks towards a post COVID economy, the potential of cocoa is seen as a valuable resource for small hold farmers. Known by local farmers as green gold, the quality of Pacific co…
S04-E02: A new Pacific champion for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
The Pacific Community (SPC) has announced the appointment of Mereseini Rakuita as its ‘Principal Strategic Lead – Pacific Women’. Ms Rakuita will champion the organisation’s work on gender equality a…
S04-E01: In the aftermath of Tonga's Hunga volcano eruption
On Saturday 15 January 2022, the Hunga volcano erupted sending a plume of ash and volcanic gas 30 kilometers into the atmosphere and generating tsunami waves across the Pacific. The full impact of th…
Special Edition Podcast: SPC looks to the future at CRGA 51 and 12th Conference sessions
CRGA 51 and the 12th Conference of the Pacific Community saw the adoption of new strategic plan for the organization and a new star on the SPC flag. We highlight some of the key outcomes in this spec…
S03-E08: Saving Our Bacon
Traditional and cultural ceremonies in the Pacific would not be complete without a feast, which almost always includes pork and pork products. It is difficult to imagine a function without it. Howeve…
S03-E07: From the Field to the Fork : Food Systems in the Pacific
The importance of securing and ensuring sustainable use of the regions agricultural commodities, fisheries resources and forests was the underlying focus at the Seventh Regional Meeting of the Pacifi…
S03-E06: Atoll nations establishing water security
Building on the successful implementation of the Strengthening Water Security of Vulnerable Island States program, the Pacific Community is assisting member states to improve access to clean water so…
S03-E05: The Future is Blue
More than 16,000 Pacific people work in the Maritime sector. Across the Pacific, local restrictions have severely curtailed access to supplies like fuel for local fishing boats, bringing to the fore …
S03-E04: A preview for the 14th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women
The 14th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and the 7th Meeting of Pacific Ministers for Women will be held from 27-29 April and 4 May respectively. Hosted by French Polynesia, this year’s confere…