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Pacific Waves for Thursday 7 April 2016
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 7 April 2016
3:08 PM.Bleak outlook for Pacific on World Health Day; change in NZ aid delivery to Cooks will reduce red tape; vote of no confidence a possibility in Tonga; big need in Fiji's west with second cyclone in two… Read more Audio
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Bleak outlook for Pacific on World Health Day
3:07 PM.Today is World Health Day but by all accounts the Pacific is anything but healthy. Between 30 and 50 percent of the populations of all Pacific countries are either overweight or obese and the region… Read more Audio
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Change in NZ aid delivery to Cooks will reduce red tape
3:06 PM.The Cook Islands minister of finance, Mark Brown, says New Zealand's move towards paying the bulk of its aid directly into the country's national budget is a growing trend that will prevent… Read more Audio
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Vote of no confidence a possibility in Tonga
3:05 PM.A political scientist says a possible vote of no confidence against the Tonga government poses a very real threat for them. Audio
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Sport: Oceania football supremacy up for grabs in Auckland
3:04 PM.Auckland City will begin their quest for a sixth consecutive Oceania Champions League football title this weekend. Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 7 April 2016
5:06 AM.Big need in Fiji's west with second cyclone in two months; Cyclone battered Fijians prepare for more rain and wind; A probe of the PNG Prime Minister by the fraud squad is back on; Public servants in… Read more Audio
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Big need in Fiji's west with second cyclone in two months
5:05 AM.Disaster authorities in Fiji's west say they need many more tents and tarpaulins as the second cyclone in two months was due to hit the country. Audio