Pacific Waves

Immigration officials are being warned there'll be more overstayers if the department doesn't reverse its decision to close public counters and make people apply for visas online. Immigration experts and the Pacific Island community leaders say the move is a blow for those who have English as a second language.

The watchdog group, Transparency Solomon Islands, is adamant that the government of Manasseh Sogavare was removed because MPs are opposed to the anti-corruption legislation the government was advocating.

Transparency Solomon Islands is adamant the Sogavare government's ousting was to do with anti-corruption legislation; the New Zealand prime minsiter is refusing to side step Australia when it comes to Manus island detainees; a group of Pacific women in New Zealand affected by breast cancer urge early detection; education seen to be the key to solving Papua New Guinea's domestic violence scourge; stolen tins of canned corned beef are being for traded for drugs in Hawaii.

The New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern is refusing to side-step Australia and negotiate directly with Papua New Guinea over taking desperate Manus Island detainees.

The head of Hawaii's Retail Association says the canned corned beef product Spam is being targetted by thieves, used as currency and traded for drugs.

Manassah Sogavare has been ousted as prime minister of Solomon Islands in a vote of no-confidence; a group of Pacific women in New Zealand affected by breast cancer want people to know that early detection is a key to long-term survival; education has been described as the key to a long term solution for Papua New Guinea's problem of domestic violence; the evacuation of Vanuatu's Ambae island has raised many health concerns - but one that's often overlooked is sexual and reproductive health; roll fixed for next year's independence referendum in New Caledonia, and; a magnitude-6.8 quake has struck about 200km southwest of Apia, Samoa, but no tsunami threat has been put in place.

The prime minister of Solomon islands, Manasseh Sogavare, has been removed today in a vote of no-confidence. The parliamentary vote in Honiara was triggered by a series of defections from Mr Sogavare's coalition government by ministers who said the prime minister was no longer listening to them.

A group of Pacific women in New Zealand affected by breast cancer want people to know that early detection is a key to long-term survival.

Education has been described as the key to a long term solution for Papua New Guinea's problem of domestic violence.

The roll is decided for next year's independence referendum in New Caledonia; a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Samoa triggers memories of the devastating 2009 tsunami; Cook Islands tourism is booming, but some say the industry's growth is unsustainable; brighter spotlight on agriculture in Pacific after major conference in Vanuatu, and; Coca Cola draws criticism over a new brand of rum in Fiji.