Pacific Waves for Monday 7 March 2016

4:05 PM.Samoa's Prime Minister puts his election win down to delivering on promises; the PNG prime minister says Australia's asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island has hurt the country's reputation; a… Read more Audio

4:04 PM.Samoa's prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi says his Human Rights Protection Party's resounding election win reflects public satisfaction that his government has delivered on its promises. Audio

4:03 PM.Comments from the Papua New Guinea prime minister that Australia's asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island has hurt the country's reputation have come as no surprise to some. Audio

4:02 PM.On the eve of International Women's Day the UNFPA outlines the nature of its work in Papua New Guinea to help vulnerable women and girls. Audio

4:00 PM.The latest regional Pacific news. Audio

6:05 AM.Efforts to curb the region's high cancer rates; lack of services for domestic violence victims in PNG; PNG's government is accused of ignoring rampant illegal logging; A new report looks at the… Read more Audio

6:04 AM.Pacific islanders are suffering higher rates of cervical cancer, while betel nut use is driving up oral and throat cancers in the region. Audio

6:03 AM.The medical aid NGO, Medicins Sans Frontieres, is calling on the PNG government or aid donors to provide improved long term help for the survivors of family and sexual violence. Audio

6:02 AM.A new report says seabed mining could see Papua New Guinea reap economic benefits of 80 million US dollars over two years. Audio

6:01 AM.The Governor of Oro Province Gary Juffa has accused Papua New Guinea's government of ignoring rampant illegal logging across the country, saying logging companies can operate in the country however… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.PNG Hunters rugby league coach Michael Marum is now in charge of the national team as well. Audio