Pacific Waves for Friday 8 March 2019

4:05 PM.The Solomon Islands' caretaker prime minister has defending his government's reaction to an unfolding environmental disaster, pinning the blame on the companies involved; West Papuan elected leaders… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.West Papuan elected leaders who criticise military operations in Papua province risk prosecution, according to Indonesian security forces officials. However humanitarian concern is growing for… Read more Audio

4:02 PM.American think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies held a dialogue in Nadi this week to discuss issues affecting the Pacific. Audio

5:05 AM.A new political party in Samoa wants to ban new Chinese migrants from the island nation; parties begin lining up for New Caledonia's provincial elections in May; a Tuvaluan academic says separating… Read more Audio

5:04 AM.A new political party in Samoa wants to ban new Chinese migrants from the island nation. Audio

5:03 AM.Parties begin lining up for New Caledonia's provincial elections in May. Audio

5:02 AM.A Tuvaluan academic who was a senior government official when the country was seperated from Kiribati in 1975, says the following four decades have proven the move was the right one to make. Audio