Pacific Waves for Monday 7 August 2017
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 7 August 2017
3:04 PM.The 75th anniversary of the allied invasion of the Solomon's Guadalcanal; indigineous Hawaiian's protest the construction of a telescope on a sacred mountain; the corruption watchdog Transparency… Read more Audio
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Battle of Guadalcanal remembered in Solomons
3:03 PM.Seventy-five years ago today, allied forces began a major offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. Read more Audio
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Protest over Hawaiian telescope construction
3:02 PM.Indigineous Hawaiian's protest the construction of a telescope on a sacred mountain. Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 7 August 2017
5:04 AM.Challenging times ahead, says PNG's new Treasurer; Watchdog planning new approach to fighting corruption; Pacific countries step up battle against the plastic bag; Cook Islands languages celebrated in… Read more Audio
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Challenging times ahead, says PNG's new Treasurer
5:03 AM.Papua New Guinea's new Treasurer Charles Abel admits some changes in government direction are necessary to manage an economy under huge strain, after Treasury this week released its Mid-year Economic… Read more Audio
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Watchdog planning new approach to fighting corruption
5:02 AM.The world head of Transparency International, Jose Ugaz, says the watchdog organisation is planning to take a new approach to dealing with corrupt and fraudulent practices. Read more Audio
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Pacific countries step up battle against the plastic bag
5:01 AM.Pacific countries are looking at a variety of tools to step up the battle against the ubiquitous plastic bag. Read more Audio
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Cook Islands languages celebrated in New Zealand
5:00 AM.Te epetoma o te reo Maori Kuki Airani celebrated the languages spoken by the people of the Cook Islands. There were number of cultural activities and events being held across New Zealand last week… Read more Audio
