Pacific Waves

All four Pacific Island teams have qualified for the knockout rounds at the Rugby League World Cup.

This week Tonga will go to the polls to decide the makeup of its 26 seat parliament; New Zealand's Council for International Development says the development sector is hoping for a more balanced approach to aid from the new government; much of Bougainville can be dramatically beautiful - a tourist drawcard, but not yet with many tourists; Hawaii's State Legislature is briefed by marine scientists on the critical outlook for coral reefs and inshore fish stocks and a farming expert outlines how the Pacific can benefit from new techniques in forestry and fishing.

New Zealand's Council for International Development says the development sector is hoping for a more balanced approach to aid from the new government.

Much of Bougainville can be dramatically beautiful - a tourist drawcard, but not yet with many tourists.

Hawaii's State Legislature has recently been briefed by marine scientists on the critical outlook for coral reefs and inshore fish stocks.

A farming expert outlines how the Pacific can benefit from new techniques in forestry and fishing.

A journalist's death shines the spotlight on violence against women in in Papua New Guinea; The state of emergency declared for an erupting volcano in Vanuatu comes to an end; The Catholic Church in Guam, besieged by lawsuits, says it does not believe abusers remain in the clergy; And court action could delay the closure of the Australian run detention centre on Manus Island; A young New Zealander is walking the length of the country in support of a women's refuge in PNG; We meet a man building a Vaka to sail and fund-raise for a Tokelauan bible; And in Sport: Pacific league nations predict the most competitive World Cup yet.

The world climate summit opens in Germany with a Pacific flavour, and a push for serious negotiations; Amnesty International fears refugees will be violently evicted from the Manus Island detenion centre; less than a week out from Tonga's snap election and the 86 candidates are flooding the airwaves; Former PNG cop takes on new role away from probe of PM; Tongan league team capturing imaginations both home and abroad

The 23rd Conference of Parties climate summit opened in Germany last week with a distinctly Pacific flavour. Fiji hold the presidency in this latest round which will see the country push for agreement to limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial times.

A former Papua New Guinea policeman who probed alleged fraud involving the prime minister has been appointed to a challenging provincial administrator role. Thomas Eluh has been appointed by cabinet as acting administrator of troubled Southern Highlands province where the public service has ground to a halt.