Pacific Waves for Tuesday 20 January 2015

4:05 PM.Conflicting accounts on the volatility of refugee camp on PNG's Manus Island; Fiji's opposition parties renew calls to axe 'draconian' media law; global union alerts Bougainville about Rio Tinto… Read more Audio

4:04 PM.Australia's Immigration Minister says the situation at the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea remains volatile, after authorities ended a stand-off between asylum seekers and guards. Audio

4:03 PM.Fresh calls have been made in Fiji to change the country's media laws, now that a democracy is in place. Audio

6:04 AM.Manus protest threatening to spiral into bloodshed; Global union alerts Bougainville about Rio Tinto; Multi-million dollar processing plant approved for American Samoa; New Zealand's capital… Read more Audio

6:02 AM.A 106-millon US dollar food processing plant in American Samoa is scheduled to be up and running by July. Audio

6:01 AM.Hundreds of people in New Zealand's capital, Wellington, braved driving rain on Saturday to gather at the city's annual Pasifika festival. Audio

6:00 AM.A global mineworkers union is taking its campaign against Rio Tinto to the people of Bougainville. Audio

6:00 AM.A global mineworkers union is taking its campaign against Rio Tinto to the people of Bougainville. Audio