Pacific Waves for Friday 23 May 2014

3:06 PM.The first refugee determinations handed down for asylum seekers on Nauru and PNG's Manus Island; Questions about the numbers of disaffected, often unemployed youth in Honiara following last weekend's… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.PNG's government is considering where to resettle the first bundle of asylum seekers deemed to be refugees in its detention centre on Manus Island. Audio

3:04 PM.A human rights lawyer says the Australian government is leaving new refugees in Manus and Nauru unsupported as they enter the community. Audio

3:03 PM.Our correspondent in Solomon Islands says while there is praise for police after last weekend's riots, the incidents raise questions about the numbers of disaffected, often unemployed youth in the… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.There's a public health alert in Samoa after four children die; Pacific communities mourn the loss of a Tongan community leader; The party is over for Papua New Guinea's Triumph Heritage Empowerment… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.Samoa's Ministry of Health says four children have died and 19 have been left seriously ill this year due to malnutrition following diarrhoeal illnesses. Audio

5:04 AM.Pacific communities are mourning the loss of a senior Tongan leader from South Auckland, who is being described as a passionate advocate. Audio

5:00 AM.Tonga rugby coach Mana Otai says the global reaction to 18-year-old sensation Taniela Tupou came as no surprise to him, with foreign scouts already on the lookout for the next schoolboy star. Audio