20 Oct 2023

Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 20 October 2023

RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins discusses the Fiji Prime Minister's bid to have the Pacific Ocean declared an 'ocean of peace'.

Sitiveni Rabuka is hoping the creation of a conflict-free peace zone can be discussed at the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting next month.

And Koroi also has the latest on the Marshall Islands' renewed compact of free association with the United States.

The main U.S. military site in the Marshall Islands’ Kwajalein Atoll seen in the distance from the nearby island of Ebeye

default Photo: Aubrey Belford / OCCRP