The wife of the driver killed in a horror crash on State Highway 1 in Ramarama on Monday says she was supposed to have been in the vehicle; Leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group met on the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' summit in Tonga; In Kiribati with all the MPs elected the focus now is on the first sitting of parliament and the election of the Speaker.

Today on Pacific Waves

Wife of Samoan driver in Auckland's tragic crash speaks out

Melanesian leaders discuss human rights violations in West Papua

In Kiribati first sitting of new parliament on 13 Sept

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