Nestucca High School’s girls’ basketball team lost a heartbreaker at home, 29-26, against the league-rival Vernonia Loggers on January 21. After building a solid lead in the first quarter, Nestucca’s ...

RNZ International (RNZI) began broadcasting to the Pacific region 35 years ago — on 24 January 1990, the same day the Auckland Commonwealth Games opened. Its news bulletins and programmes were carried ...

The Pacific region is one of the most vital areas of the earth, but it is not always the safest, particularly from natural disasters. RNZ Pacific covered events such as the 2009 Samoan tsunami, and ...

tsunami reached a height of 295 feet. Next, a wave that hit Ambon Island, Indonesia, on Feb. 17, 1674, was 328 feet high.

In both Tonga and Samoa, the research found two percent could be diagnosed with depression. None of the people with ...

Tonga's King Tupou VI has appointed 'Aisake Eke as prime minister, a month after he was selected by lawmakers to be the Pacific Island nation's next leader, a Tonga government statement said on ...

After a tsunami alert, an unprecedented fire season, and the current wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, Coos County will be more ...

Tonga's King Appoints Eke Prime Minister After Predecessor Quit (Reuters) - Tonga's King Tupou VI has appointed 'Aisake Eke as prime minister, a month after he was selected by lawmakers to be the ...

Motor vehicle registrations on Tongatapu have increased by 15 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, with 3307 vehicles registered at the end of 2024, according to figures released to Matangi ...

A megaquake is defined as an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 or greater, bringing the potential for exceptional destructive power and a strong likelihood of generating a tsunami. The most likely ...

A Happy Valley man has died after being swept out to sea at Depoe Bay along the Central Oregon Coast, according to media reports and Oregon State Police (OSP). The incident occurred at approximately 2 ...

the lowest level since 2011 (the year of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami), excluding the pandemic-distorted 2021 and 2022. Such a dismal performance can be attributed mainly to supply shortages ...