Pacific Waves for Monday 22 September 2014

4:06 PM.Fiji' Bainimarama is sworn in; Vanuatu dimisses reported nickel deal in Santo; Guam worried by little fire ant arrival; An NGO says Canberra asylum policy ignores human cost; Rugby stars to Vanuatu to… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Fiji's Bainimarama formally becomes the democratically elected PM this afternoon; Vanuatu dimisses reported nickel deal in Santo; Cooks democrats to appeal electoral petitions; Samoa Land Corporation… Read more Audio

4:04 PM.Frank Bainimarama who has been running Fiji since staging a coup in 2006 is now the country's new democratically elected prime minister. Audio

4:03 PM.The Vanuatu government has poured cold water on reports of a deal between a New Caledonian and a Chinese company to build a one-billion US dollar nickel plant in Vanuatu. Audio

5:06 AM.Cooks democrats to appeal electoral petitions; Samoa Land Corporation to relocate from golf course; Solomon Islands Malaita Province reveals huge debt problems; France has new measures to compensate… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.The Cook Islands Democratic Party says it will appeal up to three of the petitions it filed against July's general election results which were thrown out by the High Court. Audio

5:04 AM.Samoa's Land Corporation is relocated today and its old premises will be turned into a hotel. Audio

5:03 AM.In Solomon Islands, the provincial government in Malaita says the repayment of more than 280 thousand US dollars of other debts is the reason they have not been paying staff. Audio

5:02 AM.The French government has put in new measures to strengthen the process of compensating victims of French nuclear testing in Polynesia. Audio

5:01 AM.A well known newspaper publisher launches a Tonga's newest radio station says he hopes the talk based network will help people become more politically engaged in the build up to November's general… Read more Audio

5:00 AM.Le Mamea receives Alumni Award from Waikato University for his contribution to education in Samoa and New Zealand. Audio