Pacific Waves

'Akilisi Pohiva's Democratic Party has won a resounding election victory in Tonga, with the people seemingly continuing to back political reform; A doctor and a lawyer advocating for a Manus Island refugee with a heart condition say Australia is neglecting its responsibility to provide him with adequate healthcare; A Fiji opposition party leader expresses surprise that a major plan for the country was launched in Bonn and not put before Fijians first; The Northern Marianas governor has passed a law banning handguns in the territory - but it can't be implemented, and; A Pacific leader at the COP23 climate change summit in Bonn, Germany says the meeting is struggling to make progress on key issues.

'Akilisi Pohiva's Democratic Party has won a resounding election victory in Tonga, with the people seemingly continuing to back political reform.

A doctor and a lawyer advocating for a Manus Island refugee with a heart condition say Australia is neglecting its responsibility to provide him with adequate healthcare.

One of the Pacific leaders at the COP23 climate change conference in Bonn in Germany says the meeting is struggling to make progress on key issues; the new Solomon Islands prime minister Rick Hou says he is committed to passing the anti-corruption bill recently tabled in parliament; the polls have closed in Tonga in an election dubbed one of the most significant in the country's history; Vanuatu's Special Envoy on Climate Change has resigned in protest at what he says is the government politicising his island's volcano disaster since eruptions escalated in late September; two sports from Tahiti are expected to compete at the Pacific Mini Games depsite a government boycott.

One of the Pacific leaders at the COP23 climate change conference in Bonn in Germany says the meeting is struggling to make progress on key issues.

A traditional Pacific storytelling event debuts in New Zealand, part of the Pacific Heritage Arts Fono 2017.

The new Solomon Islands prime minister Rick Hou says he is committed to passing the anti-corruption bill recently tabled in parliament; the polls have closed in Tonga in an election dubbed one of the most significant in the country's history; Vanuatu's Special Envoy on Climate Change has resigned in protest at what he says is the government politicising his island's volcano disaster since eruptions escalated in late September; the New Zealand opposition is sceptical of the Prime Minister's claim that progress has been made on Australia being willing to accept the offer to resettle 150 refugees from offshore detention centres; and; a traditional Pacific storytelling event debuts in New Zealand, part of the Pacific Heritage Arts Fono 2017; two sports from Tahiti are expected to compete at the Pacific Mini Games depsite a government boycott.

The new Solomon Islands prime minister Rick Hou says he is committed to passing the anti-corruption bill recently tabled in parliament.

The polls have closed in Tonga in an election dubbed one of the most significant in the country's history.

Vanuatu's Special Envoy on Climate Change has resigned in protest at what he says is the government politicising his island's volcano disaster since eruptions escalated in late September.