Pacific Waves for Thursday 24 August 2017

3:05 PM.Virtual climate centre to improve long-term forecasts; More protests against resumption of mining on Bougainville; Samoa PM backs village rights to ban foreign businesses; The WWF pushes for… Read more Audio

3:04 PM.A virtual climate centre for the Pacific could be operating by the end of the year giving local weather forecasters easy access to regional information. Read more Audio

3:03 PM.A group calling itself 'Bougainvilleans United Against Mining' has re-stated its opposition to a resumption of mining at Panguna. Read more Audio

5:06 AM.Samoa PM backs village rights to ban foreign businesses; WWF pushes for commitment to save Pacific bluefin; Tributes flow in from around the Pacific for Marshall Islands' Climate Ambassador; Fiji's… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.Samoa's prime minister backs village councils in a move to stop direct foreign-owned competition with local small businesses. Read more Audio

5:04 AM.The environmental advocacy group WWF, says it hopes the Pacific's main tuna oversight agencies act to protect the region's badly depleted bluefin tuna stocks. Read more Audio

5:00 AM.First for south Auckland's Otara Town Centre to host a Pacific fashion competition that has attracted 11 emerging designers from Aotearoa, The U.S., Australia and Samoa. Read more Audio