Pacific Waves for Thursday 15 May 2014

3:06 PM.Pressure on the World Bank to abolish business rankings; New Zealand pilot says China may wade into NZ-Tonga dispute; the Pacific Freedom Forum says the decision to sack a Fiji TV veteran came from… Read more Audio

3:04 PM.The World Bank is being accused of putting the interests of foreign investors before that of local landowners in the Pacific. Audio

3:03 PM.New Zealand pilot says China may wade into NZ-Tonga dispute. Audio

5:05 AM.Fiji journalist says decision to sack TV veteran came from government; Pacific Aid from Australia protected for now; Torres Strait could be next target for asylum seekers; Police move in to eject an… Read more Audio

5:04 AM.The media group Pacific Freedom Forum says a senior reporter at Fiji TV was sacked following a phone call from the country's attorney-general, Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum. Audio

5:03 AM.Australia's foreign minister says the government is delivering an aid programme that the country can responsibly afford as it repairs five previous record deficits. Audio

5:02 AM.Some asylum seekers who opt to accept refugee settlement in Papua New Guinea once released from the Manus Island detention centre may consider the possibility of reaching Australia via the Torres… Read more Audio