A California woman has become the first person of Tokelauan ancestry to be drafted into the WNBA. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

The only movie theater in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has shown its last film. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

One of the most remote countries in the world finally has ATMs for the first time ever. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

The governor of Guam has signed a law prohibiting the import of skin care products with chemicals that may hurt Guam's marine and coral life. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

It’s been over 80 years since the United States and Allied forces fought Japan in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Today, communities in the Solomon Islands are still dealing with the unexploded devices that were left behind. With the Pacific News Minute, HPR's Derrick Malama reports.

The United Nations' Green Climate Fund has approved nearly $13 million in grants to improve life-saving early warning systems in Fiji. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

Papua New Guinea will increase its fight against illegal fishing with the help of a new agreement with the United States. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

The prime minister of the Cook Islands could be facing a no-confidence vote this week. It's part of the continuing political fallout from a recent agreement the government reached with China. HPRʻs Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development is already having effects in the Pacific. People working on more than 100 projects in the region are dealing with an uncertain future. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

China is insisting that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire against anyone in the South Pacific. But the trip is creating a diplomatic dispute between the tiny nation and its chief financial supporter, New Zealand. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.