Pacific Waves for Wednesday 19 November 2025

6:03 AM.Samoa's PM bans newspaper from press conferences; Samoa PM returns following weeks of medical treatment in NZ; French overseas minister concludes visit to New Caledonia; Tonga grapples with fuel… Read more Audio

6:02 AM.Samoa's Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt, has banned the country's only daily newspaper, the Samoa Observer, from all ministerial press conferences. Audio

6:01 AM.Over 60,000 voters in Tonga have registered to cast their ballots on Thursday. Audio

6:00 AM.The French minister for overseas Naïma Moutchou concluded her first five-day visit to New Caledonia at the weekend. Audio