Pacific Waves

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Papua New Guinea's earthquake has put a lot of pressure on food supplies with displaced people needing both emergency food and seeds to re-establish fast growning food crops according to an Australian academic with good knowledge of food security in the area.

The relief effort to help 270,000 people in need after the Papua New Guinea earthquake goes up a gear; But food security issues are causing grave concerns, with crops wiped out and supplies running low; New Zealand's Foreign Minister says the new government is going to put its money where its mouth is in terms of aid to the Pacific; And, after little more than a year in the air, a Norfolk Island airline shuts down.

With a clearer picture emerging of the scale of devastation in earthquake-hit Papua New Guinea, the focus is now shifting towards the coordinated delivery of aid.

A Norfolk Island airline pulls the plug a year after launching, saying the business climate is too tough.

New Zealand's Foreign Minister says that compared to the previous administration, the new government is going to put its money where its mouth is in terms of aid to the Pacific. Winston Peters says the government will invest more time and resources in the economic survival and security of the Pacific Islands, and act as a "true partner" to Pacific Islands people; Papua New Guinea's earthquake has put a lot of pressure on food supplies with displaced people needing both emergency food and seeds to re-establish fast growning food crops according to an Australian academic with good knowledge of food security in the area; tensions rise in Temotu as expiry of Australian miner's licences loom; Pacific artists gather in Wellington to chart way forward; more than 150 contemporary and heritage Pacific artists are gathering in Wellington this week to measure the pulse of Pacific Arts and Culture in New Zealand.

New Zealand's Foreign Minister says that compared to the previous administration, the new government is going to put its money where its mouth is in terms of aid to the Pacific Winston Peters says the government will invest more time and resources in the economic survival and security of the Pacific Islands, and act as a "true partner" to Pacific Islands people.

Tensions rise in Temotu as expiry of Australian miner's licenses loom; A Solomon Islands' academic says the leadership style in his home country needs to change; Pacific artists gather in Wellington to chart way forward; Club from Vanuatu's Tanna makes football history

Tensions are rising in Temotu as an Australian miner's licenses to prospect and operate in the Solomon Islands' province approach their expiry date.

More than 150 contemporary and heritage Pacific artists are gathering in Wellington this week to measure the pulse of Pacific Arts and Culture in New Zealand.