Pacific Waves for Monday 22 February 2016

4:06 PM.We have extended coverage of the devastating cyclone which hit Fiji over the weekend; And in other parts of the Pacific PNGs government is under pressure to act on alleged tax evasion by logging… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says a clearer picture of the situation in Fiji will emerge over the next few days. Audio

4:04 PM.Despite warnings to leave flimsy homes for the sturdier halls and churches which were set up as evacuation centres, some people decided to stay put and had lucky escapes. Audio

4:03 PM.The Chairman of the Ba Mission Hospital says the town is like a war zone and he has never seen anything like it. Audio

6:05 AM.PNGs government is under pressure to act on alleged tax evasion by logging companies; scientists uncover a coral ecosystem adapted to global warming conditions; Cooks government is to protect a… Read more Audio

6:04 AM.There are questions over the business model of Papua New Guinea's lucrative logging industry after a new report released by the US-based research group, The Oakland Institute, exposed a web of tax… Read more Audio

6:03 AM.Researchers in New Caledonia have uncovered a new type of coral ecosystem that may already be genetically adapted to global warming conditions. Audio

6:02 AM.The Cook Islands government is finally doing something about graves being washed away from a cemetery on the coast of the main island of Rarotonga. Audio

6:01 AM.The Fiji Coalition on Human Rights is calling on parliamentarians to reverse two of the changes made to parliamentary standing orders last week which it says may stifle democratic engagement and… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.A film producer in French Polynesia says the Pacific should be doing more to celebrate its early navigators. Audio