Pacific Waves for Wednesday 27 April 2016

4:06 PM.PNG government seeking legal advice, as MP says Manus detainees must go; A lawyer says the Manus ruling underlines a humanitarian disaster; Samoans battle with water issues post-cyclone; Air NZ… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.An Australian human rights lawyer, Julian Burnside QC, says a PNG court decision on the detention of asylum seekers means those detained on Manus must be released. Audio

4:04 PM.The Papua New Guinea Government says it will only make a statement after studying the implications of yesterday's Supreme Court decision, which ruled the Manus Island regional processing centre… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Some families in Samoa are still facing water issues following Cyclone Amos. Audio

6:06 AM.Air NZ maintains stand on Vanuatu airport; Pacific thinking about collective action over long line fishing; MP laments PNG's rural disconnection; The French prime minister visits New Caledonia amid… Read more Audio

6:05 AM.Despite emergency remedial works being completed at Vanuatu's main airport, Air New Zealand is maintaining its suspension on commercial flights. However the carrier made a request to charter flights… Read more Audio

6:04 AM.A New Zealand fisheries advisor, who works a lot with Pacific Island countries, says there is an emerging inteest in developing a collective approach to solve the raft of issues in the long line… Read more Audio

6:03 AM.A Papua New Guinea MP says that since the national broadcaster, NBC, stopped providing shortwave and medium wave radio services, people in PNG's many remote areas are starved of information about what… Read more Audio