Pacific Waves for Thursday 28 May 2015

3:05 PM.A Former Bougainville MP says many people could not vote in the recent elections; PNG police says superstitious beliefs are fuelling violence in the Highlands; The Solomon Islands to scrap its first… Read more Audio

3:04 PM.A former MP in Bougainville says many people could not vote in the recent elections because their names were not on the roll. Audio

3:02 PM.The Solomon Islands government says it will scrap the country's first past the post electoral system in favour of a more representative system before the next general election in 2018. Audio

3:01 PM.Papua New Guinea's Forestry Minister Douglas Tomuriesa says the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation-plus mechanism is ready for business. Audio

5:04 AM.PNG police say sorcery is 'spreading like wildfire'; Chikungunya virus spreads to half of Pacific; Options raised for Fiji's Sodelpa over MP suspension; There's threat of an oil spill in American… Read more Audio

5:03 AM.: Repeated acts of brutal violence in Papua New Guinea's highlands provinces are being put down to the spreading of superstitious beliefs. Audio

5:02 AM.The mosquito borne chikungunya virus has now reached half of the Pacific and is likely to spread to non-affected countries in the region over the next five years. Audio

4:30 AM.New Zealanders are celebrating the Samoan language this week with cultural performances, speeches and debates all over the country. Read more Audio