Pacific Waves for Friday 26 February 2016

4:06 PM.An opposition party calls for a sugar rehab plan in cyclone ravaged Fiji; We get an initial report on the impact of Cyclone Winston in the interior of Fiji's main island; Fiji's Methodist Church sets… Read more Audio

4:04 PM.The opposition National Federation Party has says the Fiji government needs to create a $US50 million rehabilitation fund to save the sugar industry after Cyclone Winston. Audio

4:03 PM.Coastal parts of Fiji and the outer islands were, as is now being well documented, badly hit by Cyclone Winston last weekend, but what about the country's interior? Audio

4:02 PM.Fiji's Methodist Church says there's still an immediate need for clothing, cooking equipment and bedding for those affected by Cyclone Winston. Audio

4:02 PM.Sir Peter Kenilorea, who led the Solomon Islands into independence from Britain in the late 1970s, has died at the age of 72 after a long illness. Audio

4:00 PM.Amnesty International's Annual Human Rights report says New Zealand has breached the right to privacy through the mass collection of data in the Pacific. Audio

6:08 AM.Fiji's economy to be hit in cyclone aftermath; as Rakiraki cleans up, chiefs and mothers are calling for help; efforts underway to curb Zika in American Samoa; and in sport: FIFA Presidential… Read more Audio

6:05 AM.The Asian Development Bank says Fiji's economy could face losses of tens of millions of dollars following Cyclone Winston. Audio

6:03 AM.The government in American Samoa is to begin a three day clean-up of the main island Tutuila, in an attempt to eradicate the mosquito that carries the Zika virus. Audio