Pacific Waves

Lawlessness related to Papua New Guinea's election continues to fester, with more deadly violence in the Highlands region.

The Prime Minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, has been in New Zealand this week promoting his memoir 'Palemia'.

Fiji's opposition says the government should disclose the full facts surrounding a mass deportation of suspected scammers from Fiji to China; A scholar of Pacific politics says women have been priced out of the election "game" in Papua New Guinea; The incoming chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum says the regional body tries to deal with too many issues and needs to become more focussed; New Zealand's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee is examining the PACER-Plus trade and aid agreement prior to making final ratification recommendations to Parliament; in Vanuatu, women selling handicrafts at the Port Vila market have set up a co-operative society to buy quality items made in the outer islands, and; Samoa's Prime Minister says the outgoing Manu Samoa rugby coach did not achieve the results expected of him.

Fij's opposition says the government should disclose the full facts surrounding a mass deportation of suspected scammers from Fiji to China.

A scholar of Pacific politics says women have been priced out of the election "game" in Papua New Guinea.

Samoa's Prime Minister says the outgoing Manu Samoa rugby coach did not achieve the results expected of him.

The incoming chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum says the regional body tries to deal with too many issues and needs to become more focussed; New Zealand's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee is examining the PACER-Plus trade and aid agreement prior to making final ratification recommendations to Parliament; In Vanuatu, women selling handicrafts at the Port Vila market have set up a co-operative society to buy quality items made in the outer islands; 75 years ago today, allied forces began a major offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific; Indigineous Hawaiian's protest the construction of a telescope on a sacred mountain.

The incoming chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum says the regional body tries to deal with too many issues and needs to become more focussed.

New Zealand's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee is examining the PACER Plus trade and aid agreement prior to making final ratification recommendations to Parliament.

In Vanuatu, women selling handicrafts at the Port Vila market have set up a co-operative society to buy quality items made in the outer islands.