Pacific Waves for Thursday 20 March 2014

4:06 PM.Vanuatu Church supports call for stricter penalties for baby killing mothers; pink eye outbreak infects over 300 people in Samoa; a programme aims to improve medical access for Fiji squatter… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.A Vanuatu pastor is supporting calls for harsher penalties for women who kill their babies after birth, but says the fathers also need to be held accountable. Audio

4:04 PM.A rapidly spreading viral conjunctivitis known as pink eye has infected more than 300 people in Samoa. Audio

4:01 PM.A group of Auckland educators say the government is not doing enough to help Pacific students prosper at preschools, and is in danger of repeating past mistakes made with Te Reo Maori. Audio

6:04 AM.A new programme in Fiji is training people to provide basic healthcare to residents in squatter settlements. Audio

6:03 AM.An American Samoa senator is calling for discussion on the health status of the territory's representative in the US congress. Audio

6:00 AM.Archaelogists believe they may have answered how the chicken crossed the Pacific, and it could help form a pattern of human migration. Audio