Pacific Waves for Monday 27 May 2013

3:10 PM.Hope for new faces in Nauru parliament; Valuable insights in first talks on legal framework for refugees in natural disasters; Study tour reveals China's choreographed plan for the region; Researcher… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Australia's new asylum seeker law labelled a 'retrograde' policy; Fiji parties call for definition of child under parties decree; Improving the way Pasifika people access education in New Zealand seen… Read more Audio

3:06 AM.More opposition among indigenous people in the Northern Marianas to the latest plans by the US military for training and live-fire activities on Pagan. Audio

3:05 AM.Political parties in Fiji have called for the definition of a child to be included in the controversial political parties decree. Audio

3:04 AM.Critics of Australia's new law to force asylum seekers onto Nauru and PNG's Manus Island have called the policy retrograde and say it harms Australia's international reputation. Audio

3:03 AM.China has shown senior Pacific Island politicians and media figures how it is trying to alleviate poverty during their recent tour of the country. Audio

3:02 AM.First talks on plans for a legal framework to cover people forced to cross borders by natural disasters, such as climate change, called impressive. Audio

3:01 AM.A Nauru MP Baron Waqa says there is hope next month's general election will usher into parliament a host of new members capable of breaking the pattern of political deadlock. Audio