Pacific Waves for Monday 11 August 2014

3:04 PM.Fiji's PM visits NZ to get support for his party ahead of next month's election; Bougainville President hails its new mining law; We hear that global cooperation is essential to improving Pacific… Read more Audio

3:03 PM.Fiji's Prime Minister was in Auckland to garner support for his Fiji First party ahead of next month's election. Audio

3:02 PM.Bougainville passes a transition mining law, which the ABG says ensure the landowners own their resources. Audio

5:05 AM.We hear that global cooperation is essential to improving Pacific weather services; The developer of Fiji's first casino sells its stake; There's opposition to a Vanuatu scheme linking citizenship and… Read more Audio

5:04 AM.The World Meteorological Organisation says global cooperation is essential to improve weather services for small island developing states. Audio

5:03 AM.There's been little surprise in Fiji to news that the developer of the country's first casino has sold its stake to another party. Audio

5:02 AM.Issues of sovereignty are central to opposition to a Vanuatu government scheme linking citizenship sale and investment. Audio

5:01 AM.A coalition of farmers and environmental groups in Hawaii is backing a county law which is being challenged in court by the world's biggest biotech trade association. Audio

5:00 AM.Eighty people gather in New Zealand to learn to sew tivaevae quilts as part of efforts to preserve the Cook Islands' language and culture. Audio