Pacific Waves for Tuesday 18 June 2013

3:07 PM.A library built in formerly wartorn Bougainville, funded by a New Zealand Trust, is set to open this Friday Audio

3:05 PM.Health officials in Vanuatu hope collaborative work with traditional healers can reduce the rate of tuberculosis. Audio

3:03 PM.New computer models highlight the damage Nuku'alofa faces if a tsunami were to hit. Audio

3:01 PM.Melanesian Spearhead Group summit set to start in New Caledonia but already indications that the West Papuan bid for membership will be shunted off the agenda. Audio

3:00 PM.West Papua bid for MSG membershiop set to be shunted off the agenda at New Caledonia summit; A computer model has highlighted the tsunami threat to Tonga's main town; The Vanuatu government and… Read more Audio

6:03 AM.A New Zealand-based company is planning to produce the world's first Solomon Islands chocolate line. Audio

6:02 AM.Leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group are gathering in New Caledonia for their annual summit. Audio

6:01 AM.Divergent views on merits of Guam 'two strikes' bill. Audio

6:00 AM.Divergent views on merits of Guam two strikes bill; Melanesian Spearhead Group summit underway in New Caledonia; Observers say a defamation action brought by ministers in Tonga is part of an ongoing… Read more Audio