The president of New Caledonia is calling for calm and a return to normalcy amid ongoing public unrest in and around the capital Noumea; The slump in the Japanese tourism market is seen as the key reason for one of the two main hotels on the Northern Mariana's island of Saipan shutting its doors; Sixteen Pacific Islanders have embarked on the voyage of a lifetime, sailing from Cook Islands to Hawaii for the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture.

Today on Pacific Waves

Curfew enforced in Noumea as tensions persist

CNMI's Saipan to lose a key tourist hotel

Cook Islands voyaging canoe departs for Hawaii

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