Pacific
Enough Cocaine To Supply Australia for a Whole Year Found Floating in the Pacific
A giant stash of 3.5 tons of cocaine with Batman logos on it was found floating about six days sailing from New Zealand.
We Asked Cook Islanders If The Cook Islands Should Change Its Name
“It continues to perpetuate the colonial hold on us.”
A Tattoo Kit Made From Human Bones Has Been Dated at 2,700 Years Old
The lead archaeologists behind the discovery says the tools would have been "a lot more painful."
How the Protest Art of The Pacific Sisters Forged a Space in a City of Outsiders
Nearly thirty years after they formed in Auckland, The Pacific Sisters come home.
Great White Shark Tagged for the First Time in Canadian Atlantic Waters
Heather Bowlby at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax tagged the shark with a location tracker that will monitor its movements for nearly a year.
Preparing for Japan's Next Tsunami
The island nation’s new warning system will broadcast qualitative alerts like takai and kyodai ("high" and "huge") during future Pacific megathrust earthquakes, to better urge people to evacuate before the waves come.
The Pacific Music Awards Are a Statement of Island Intent
We caught up with an award-winner to talk General Fiyah — and why the future is from the Pacific.
The VICE Morning Bulletin
Trump agrees to meet North Korea's Kim face to face, federal judge offers Trump Twitter advice, Pacific nations flout US with free trade deal, and more.
Amelia Earhart Likely Died on Nikumaroro, Study Finds
Bones recovered on the remote Pacific island are more similar to Earhart than "99 percent of individuals in a large reference sample."
Jubilant Photos of Tonga and Samoa League Fans in South Auckland
Smiles and flags after the so-called "blood match".
Young Pacific Islanders Aren't Talking About Sex - But We Are Doing It
As Māngere mourns the death of an abandoned baby, our ignorance is no longer bliss. It's dangerous.
Meet the 21-Year-Old Inking Pacific Culture on New Zealanders
Step inside Small Axe Studio, where tattoo artist Matiah Koloamatangi and her father work side by side.