Pacific Waves

Regional reaction to kava drink driving study prompts more testing.

The online magazine E-Tangata is proving there's a real appetite for Maori and Pasifika stories.

Nothing to show for $US10M spent on an industrial project in PNG; Pacific nutrition guidelines revised for first time in almost two decades; New online magazine features Pasifika and Maori telling their own stories; NZ parliamentary select committee hears there is no pathway yet to get West Papua on UN decolonisation list; Better access to justice for Tongan women survivors of violence; And creative writing in island countries a lift.

Papua New Guinea's government has spent around 10 million US dollars (30 million kina) over a decade on a major infrastructure project with almost nothing to show for it.

Health officials in the Pacific have updated nutrition guidelines in order to address medical issues that exist today.

A New Zealand parliamentary select committee has heard there's currently no pathway for West Papua to be put on the UN decolonisation list; Tonga's Ministry of Justice says a free legal service planned for Nuku'alofa aims to protect families and help victims of domestic violence; a new book explores creative writing from authors who originate from various islands in the Commonwealth, including the Pacific; Pacific women MPs visiting New Zealand this week say meeting prime minister Jacinda Ardern was inspirational; the Pacific Community has revised the Pacific's nutrition guidelines in line with the UN declaration on nutrition and Vanuatu kick-starts their medal haul on a golden day for the host nation at the Pacific Mini Games.

A New Zealand parliamentary select committee has heard there's currently no pathway for West Papua to be put on the UN decolonisation list.

Tonga's Ministry of Justice says a free legal service planned for Nuku'alofa aims to protect families and help victims of domestic violence.

A new book explores creative writing from authors who originate from various islands in the Commonwealth, including the Pacific.

Pacific women MPs visiting New Zealand this week say meeting prime minister Jacinda Ardern was a real inspiration for them; SPC revises the Pacific nutrition guidelines that was created in 2000 and handed out to the Ministry of Health sectors in the region; more restrictions possible for foreign fishing vessels in the Pacific; high hopes for tree kangaroo conservation in Papua New Guinea; Vanuatu kick-started their medal haul on a golden day for the host nation at the Pacific Mini Games.