Pacific Waves for Thursday 13 August 2015

3:02 PM.The Cook Islands has just opened up bidding for mining precious metals from the seabed of its vast 2 million square kilometre Exclusive Economic Zone. Audio

3:01 PM.Fiji is looking at rewarding citizens who dob in people who drop rubbish. Audio

3:00 PM.Papua New Guinea's opposition leader calls for drastic action over the economy; tourists flee after another attack against a lodge on the Vanuatu island of Tanna; bidding opens in the Cook Islands for… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Visiting humpback whales bring a tourist bonanza to Niue. Audio

5:05 AM.Tourists flee youths on Vanuatu island; PNG's opposition leader says the economy needs a drastic shakeup; A warning that thousands of people could soon be out of work in American Samoa; Young people… Read more Audio

5:04 AM.The owner of a Vanuatu resort says a group of youths have caused millions of dollars worth of damage and lives could have been lost through their alleged arson. Audio

5:03 AM.Papua New Guinea's Opposition Leader paints a grim picture of the state of the country's economy and calls for drastic action. Audio