Pacific Beat

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.

Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has used the historic visit of his New Zealand counterpart to once again justify the military coup he led in 2006. The opposition demands Peter O'Neill test his support on the floor of parliament as the only viable way to resolve PNG's political crisis

All quiet on campus but tension on the streets as pressure mounts on the PNG government to launch an independent investigation into yesterday's violent confrontation at UPNG. More eyewitness accounts emerge of the chaotic scenes when police opened fire.

Students caught up in the melee in Port Moresby when police fired on students at the University of PNG as they attempted to march on parliament. At least 17 people were injured, four of them seriously.

At least 13 students are being treated for injuries received when police fired on a crowd and beat up protesters in the Papua New Guinean capital this morning.

On World Oceans Day we hear about how wave power could give cost-effective power to many Pacific Island countries. And, a well-known Pacific journalist talks about about her eight-year ban from Fiji.

A filmmaker who spent time with refugees in PNG gives us his views on the re-settlement program.

The Chancellor of the University of Papua New Guinea calls on students to come to their senses and return to classes when they resume next Monday. And, with Solomon Islands about to take on host nation Papua New Guinea in the OFC Nations Cup, their technical director talks about the talent of his new charges.

A Nauru opposition MP says the government's decision to decriminalise homosexuality goes against Christian beliefs. A major food distribution program begins in Papua New Guinea's drought-affected highlands.

We meet the man behind the project being touted as PNG's next big copper and gold development later in the program and the PNG Hunters back to their winning ways.