Samoa's prime minister tells New Zealand keeping the pacific nuclear-free needs to be central to any AUKUS discussions; More MPs leave Papua New Guinea government amid talks of a potential no confidence motion; Its been a week of tropical cyclones in the Pacific with two affecting the cooks and another storm system now lurking around Vanuatu; The founder of a Cook Islands NGO advocating for LGBT+ rights in the Cook Islands has been awarded the 'Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law'.

Today on Pacific Waves

AUKUS must align with a Nuclear-free Pacific - Fiame

More MPs leave Papua New Guinea government amid talks of a potential no confidence motion

It's been a week of tropical cyclones in the Pacific

Cook Islands LGBT+ advocate wins international human rights award

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