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Pacific Waves for Wednesday 17 August 2016
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 17 August 2016
3:05 PM.Questions raised over NZ's multi-million dollar Solomons airport; Marshalls must improve data collection to achieve SDGs; Same day charges for Samoa police chief and prosecutor; Human rights lawyer… Read more Audio
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Queries over NZ's multi-million dollar Solomons airport
3:04 PM.Questions are being raised about New Zealand spending millions of dollars on an airport development in Solomon Islands when the airport will still not be fully usable. Read more Audio
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Marshalls must improve data collection to achieve SDGs
3:03 PM.The Marshall Islands has been told that achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals will be difficult unless the quality of data can be improved. Read more Audio
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Same day charges for Samoa police chief and prosecutor
3:02 PM.Samoa's Police Commissioner, Fuiavailili Egon Keil, has been served with four criminal charges over an unlawful arrest by the police of a man at the Fugalei market last year. Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 17 August 2016
5:06 AM.Fiji tourism revels in the country's Sevens gold medal in Rio; renewed calls to close the illegal Manus Island detention centre in PNG; Cook Islands campaigns for a seat on UNESCO; Vanuatu's prime… Read more Audio
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Human rights lawyer says PNG camp must close
5:05 AM.Renewed calls for the Australian asylum seeker camp on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea to be closed after more violence from locals. Read more Audio
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Cook Islands pitches for UNESCO seat
5:04 AM.The Cook Islands has put itself forward for a seat with UNESCO saying it will be a positive dynamic voice for the Pacific. Read more Audio