Eleisha Foon

Storyteller, Broadcast Journalist
Indo-Fijan, Kiwi, Chinese
Self-professed words woman with a love for travel, food, culture

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

It's my final day with @radionz! I moved back to Christchurch over 3 yrs ago to cover the mosque attack aftermath and sentencing. Later joined @RNZPacific to represent Pacific people through the pandemic. Now, a new adventure awaits with Al Jazeera, in Doha, Qatar next month!✈️

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

@aviationbrk

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

Sitting on a major aviation story about the roll out of safety infrastructure enabling air taxi's to take flight across America's biggest airports - get in touch for the press release @tomcostellonbc, @GioBenitez, @petemuntean, @cyberguy

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

@petemuntean Hi @petemuntean I have a major aviation story for you regarding the roll out of the infrastructure for air taxi's in America! Give me a DM for more info + a press release

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@enchqntedrina @LashaeAsh This is wild!

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@nicolasvans1 You and O are officially invited to come on my podcast! The News In You 🙌🏾😎

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

https://t.co/KE70poIBzK Heart and mind is with those impacted by this strong quake in Vanuatu!

Please send through updates to @RNZPacific

[Madison Malone @maddireidy]

@elonmusk Yeah should be a New Zealand flag on Electron 🇳🇿

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

https://t.co/2gCKZMjhQq What the U.S. elections means for the Pacific region... (thank you to @AnnaPowles @tomudall and @RepMoylan who weighed in on the discussion!)

[RNZ Pacific @RNZPacific]

Mama Bank: 'A bank for mothers' in Bougainville 'not to lose it to husbands' https://t.co/bLhAh2TDeO

[Winston Peters @NewZealandMFA]

At a time when the world faces acute security challenges, talking to one another has never been more important. Expelling Ambassadors, or declaring diplomats persona non grata, is precisely the wrong direction to go in.

New Zealand supports the role of @antonioguterres, as UN Secretary-General, to travel widely around the world to support peace & prosperity and foster dialogue & understanding.

We were pleased to host him recently in Auckland to discuss the challenges the world faces - and to travel with him to the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga.

We regret Israel's decision to declare the Secretary-General persona non grata. We reaffirm the important role he and the UN system can play in promoting conflict resolution - including in the Middle East.

-WP

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

@manukoreri Ngā mihi @manukoreri

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https://t.co/nhkORdgG74

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

I spoke with NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens' captor General Egianus Kogoya on why he kidnapped the New Zealander. #RNZPACIFIC

-He wanted global communities to "wake up to the suffering of West Papua" + called for indepenence from Indonesia

-He said no bribe involved in the release

[John Ewen @hihinews]

🙏 ⁦@EleishaFoon⁩ for highlighting return to wild for sihek 40 yrs after loss #GuamDAWR ⁦@USFWSPacific ⁦@zoos_aquariums ⁦@OfficialZSL⁩⁦@nature_org⁩

Guam Kingfisher: Sihek release in the wild gives 'hope for biodiversity protection' https://t.co/MUrCxXCuCC

[Nic Maclellan @MaclellanNic]

Solomon Islands has signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons #TPNW and will be legally bound by it from 23 December 2024. It is the 71st United Nations member state to ratify TPNW and the 11th Pacific island nation to do so.
https://t.co/eorssxaSpf

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

I received footage yesterday from a source who shared the peaceful ceremony and hand over of Kiwi Pilot Philip Mehrtens. We verified it and here it is: #WestPapua #philipmehrtens #rnz #EXCLUSIVE

[RNZ Pacific @RNZPacific]

New video footage has been released of a peaceful hand-over ceremony of Kiwi pilot Phillip Mehrtens' release in #WestPapua.

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

Climate Activist and Miss Samoa Contestant Brianna Fruean's speech was POWERFUL - calling out incest, abuse of children, violence against women. "We need to unveil parts of our culture. There is a lot of unspoken, but that silence is dangerous so I will break the silence."

[The Coconet @TheCoconetTV]

"What is the cost of Silence? Because if it's the cost of our children, then Samoa we can no longer pay it"

Brianna Fruean on the safety of our most vulnerable, in words never before spoken in the pageant space.

#WATCH in full here
https://t.co/FvoXmxqwSY

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

Sharing about Guam with @patrickgowernz on @ninetonoon https://t.co/oSrJ0552x6

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

My recent trip to Guam to cover the rapid military expansion & to share the stories of nuclear radiation survivors felt life-changing. Guamanians and Chamorros are beautiful welcoming people... Grateful to those who trusted me with their stories. Here's the full coverage:

[RNZ Pacific @RNZPacific]

‘Help us’: Guam's nuclear radiation survivors’ plea to the United States
https://t.co/3wPqka66zu

[Eleisha Foon @EleishaFoon]

Guam's Governor defending upcoming missile testing and storing nuclear weapons on the island to maintain "peace": https://t.co/54IyA4Sgl6

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https://t.co/54IyA4Sgl6