Pacific Waves for Friday 20 June 2014

3:05 PM.PNG Prime Minister stands firm amid political meltdown: exhibition on legacy of NZ's invasion of Samoa during WW1 opens; Australia rolls out 'aid for trade' reform plans; a bat thought to be long… Read more Audio

3:04 PM.Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill stands firm while a major political storm engulfing his office casts uncertainty over his future. Audio

3:03 PM.New Zealand's first act of the First World War, the taking of Samoa from the Germans in 1914, and the legacy of this, has been commemorated at the Auckland War Museum. Audio

3:01 PM.A 'microbat' thought to be extinct has been rediscovered in Papua New Guinea. Audio

3:00 PM.A Pacific Barbarians rugby team, featuring a host of ex All Blacks and Wallabies players, to play an invitational match against Tonga in Auckland. Audio

5:05 AM.Australia rolls out 'aid for trade' reforms; PNG's anti-corruption Taskforce vows to keep probing corruption despite being sidelined; We consider the ruling of an Australian court which upholds… Read more Audio

5:04 AM.Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has announced reforms to her country's aid policy saying it needs to be more innovative and work more creatively with the main drivers of economic development… Read more Audio

5:03 AM.The head of PNG's anti-corruption unit Taskforce Sweep vows to keep on investigating high-level graft despite being sidelined. Audio