Pacific Waves for Thursday 1 May 2025

6:03 AM.PNG health officials to address overcrowding in hospital; Progress still needed on fiji gender issues - UN Pacific rep; Research underway on Pasifika financial wellbeing. Audio

6:02 AM.Papua New Guinea Health Minister Elias Kapavore and other health officials have been summoned by the Prime Minister to meet this Friday to address issues such as overcrowding. Audio

6:01 AM.Gender violence and poor representation in Parliament are deeply entrenched issues throughout the Pacific, but political discussions in Fiji are beginning to bubble up. Audio

6:00 AM.A PhD student from Massey University is on a mission to investigate how cultural influences shape financial behaviours and decisions of young Pasifika people in New Zealand. Audio