Pacific Waves

Delays in distribution of relief supplies and in damage assessment are adding to anxieties for quake-affected communities in Papua New Guinea's Highlands; Fiji has hit back at the deputy prime minister of Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare, who said Fiji's leadership should apologise for bringing Indonesia into the Melanesian Spearhead Group; A Fiji citizens' forum calls for data to be released on the country's ethnic make-up; A new initiative to protect forests in Solomon Islands, and; The sudden departure of Fiji's chief climate negotiator is labelled a shock but not a surprise.

Delays in distribution of relief supplies and in damage assessment are adding to anxieties for quake-affected communities in Papua New Guinea's Highlands.

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has visited cyclone damaged Tonga as part of her whirlwind trip across the Pacific.

Fiji has hit back at the deputy prime minister of Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare, who said Fiji's leadership should apologise for bringing Indonesia into the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

A Fiji citizens' forum calls for data to be released on the country's ethnic make-up; a new initiative to protect forests in Solomon Islands; the sudden departure of Fiji's chief climate negotiator is labelled a shock but not a surprise; a PNG journalist provides an eye-witness account of earthquake-devastated Hela Province; a former Nauru chief justice questions plans for a Court of Appeal.

Fiji's Citizens' Constitutional Forum says Fiji's history means it's important to clarify whether the country has new statistics on its ethnic make-up.

A new conservation initiative in Solomon Islands is showing rural communities in Malaita Province alternatives to logging.

Fiji's former foreign secretary says he's shocked but not surprised at the sudden departure of the country's chief climate negotiator midway through her term.

A PNG journalist, Scott Waide, speaks to us from earthquake-devastated Hela Province, where the death toll has climbed to 75; The Nauru Government is delighted with its plans for a Court of Appeal but one of the island's former chief justices has some reservations; A new conservation initiative in Solomon Islands is hoping to show rural communities in Malaita Province that there are alternatives to logging, and; New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is leading her first official tour to Pacific Island nations.

A PNG journalist, Scott Waide, speaks to us from earthquake-devastated Hela Province, where the death toll has climbed to 75.