Pacific Beat

Port Vila runs out of kava. And, we get a flavour of one of Papua New Guinea's most dynamic new radio stations TribeFM, the youth station of the National Broadcasting Corporation.

After weeks of protests the University of Technology in PNG says classes will resume on Monday and students who cause anymore drama will not be tolerated. And, remittances, they're vital to many Pacific nations, but is the money being wasted?

The director of Papua New Guinea's National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate has been arrested. It's supposed to be the dry season, but record-breaking rainfall in Tonga have left low-lying areas of the capital Nuku'alofa underwater.

One of Papua New Guinea's foremost legal minds urges a judicial human rights inquiry into the police shooting at the U-PNG campus. And, the incoming chairman of World Rugby backs concerns of the Pacific rugby nations over players not making themselves available for their national teams.

Opposite ends of Vanuatu's Parliament acting in a surprisingly civil manner as changes to the constitution are set to be debated. One of Papua New Guinea's foremost legal minds urges a judicial human rights inquiry into the police shooting at the U-PNG campus.

Nauru's Electoral Commission prompts the government to abandon a huge increase in the nomination fee for candidates wanting to stand in the upcoming election. Fiji's Ambassador wins the top job at the United Nations General Assembly.

John Kapi Natto wants to take over as president of the PNG Football Association and steer the Kapuls to glory. And, in New York, Fiji's Ambassador wins the top job at the United Nations General Assembly.

The Nauru government announces the election date and significantly reduces the nomination fee for candidates, and we hear from the president of the UPNG student representative council, Kenneth Rapa, who is still being sought by police following last week's shooting at U-PNG.

The deadliest mass shooting in United States history, with 50 people killed and 53 injured at a nightclub in Florida. And, the Queens birthday awards in Australia honour indigenous leaders, governors, sporting heroes and pop stars.

We focus on the continuing fallout after the police opened fire on student protesters in Port Moresby. And, as pressure mounts on the government to launch an independent investigation into the confrontation at the UPNG campus, more eyewitness accounts emerge of the chaotic scenes when the police started shooting.