Pacific Waves for Monday 23 May 2016

3:06 PM.Vanuatu could get reserved seats for women in parliament; Morgue at full capacity in American Samoa; Pacific money-laundering laws under revison; A new approach is needed to combat non-communicable… Read more Audio

3:04 PM.Vanuatu's justice minister says the government has approved a constitutional amendment to allow for reserved seats for women in parliament. Audio

3:03 PM.American Samoa's hospital says there's 32 unclaimed bodies at its morgue and it has no room left. Audio

3:02 PM.Pacific Forum model provisions on terrorist financing and money laundering are under revision. Audio

5:05 AM.A new approach is needed to combat non-communicable disease; Signs of soaring poverty in PNG's capital, while child poverty grows in Tonga; Indonesia's credited with creating Papua nationalism; And… Read more Audio

5:04 AM.The Pacific Community (SPC) says a new multi-country, multi-sectoral approach is needed to try and rein in the region's non-communicable disease crisis. Audio

5:03 AM.A newspaper editor in Papua New Guinea believes that signs of poverty worsening are becoming more evident. Audio

5:02 AM.There are signs that child poverty is growing in Tonga. Audio

5:01 AM.A West Papuan theologian and activist says Papuan nationalist aspirations is a direct consequence of how the Indonesian state has treated his people. Audio

5:00 AM.The Te Papa Museum in New Zealand is collecting Chamorro exhibits from Guam in an effort to share Micronesian culture with the South Pacific. Audio