Pacific Waves

The New Zealand government has commissioned a feasibility study on establishing a Super Rugby team in the Pacific.

Pacific midwives in NZ call for more support, pay and recognition of their expertise ahead of budget; A large Papua New Guinea secondary school is preparing to close at the end of this week due to funding shortfalls; A Tongan New Zealand member of parliament is vowing to fight on to have MP's oaths of allegiance recognised in their mother tongues; Tonga has a new media association, and; A former Hurricanes prop is helping rugby union grow on Guam.

Pacific midwives in NZ call for more support, pay and recognition of their expertise ahead of government budget announcements.

A former Hurricanes Super Rugby prop is helping rugby union grow on Guam.

There is a call for Fiji to look at the "big picture" when it comes to animal welfare after a dog was found with a large knife wound in its back.

A large Papua New Guinea secondary school is preparing to close at the end of this week due to funding shortfalls, leaving it unable to meet its operating costs and providing food for boarding students; A Tongan New Zealand member of parliament is vowing to fight on to have MPs oaths of allegiance to the crown recognised in their mother tongues; Tonga has a new media association; an analyst says there's merit to PNG changing electoral system; a call for better animal welfare in Fiji, and; NZ kiwifruit growers want more seasonal workers from the Pacific.

A large Papua New Guinea secondary school is preparing to close at the end of this week due to funding shortfalls, leaving it unable to meet its operating costs and providing food for boarding students.

A Tongan New Zealand member of parliament is vowing to fight on to have MPs oaths of allegiance to the crown recognised in their mother tongues.

Tonga has a new media association. Its president talks about some of the issues facing the media in the country.

An analyst says there's merit to PNG changing electoral system; A call for better animal welfare in Fiji; NZ kiwifruit growers want more seasonal workers from the Pacific; The Red Cross looks at ways to fund disasters before they strike; And, we speak to Brown Buttabean, who's motivating hundreds of Aucklanders to shed weight.