Pacific Waves for Thursday 19 February 2026

6:04 AM.Samoan-Australian tennis star quits the sport citing racism; a new poll shows majority of New Zealanders want trawl fishing banned; we talk business in our new weekly Tradewinds chat. Audio

6:03 AM.Australian Samoan tennis player Destanee Aiava says she wants better protection from online abuse for athletes. Audio

6:02 AM.Steffi Carruthers-Thomsen was Samoa's first pro women's tennis player and was the first Pacific woman to win a professional title in the International Tennis Federation. She joined Pacific Waves and… Read more Audio

6:01 AM.A new poll shows a majority of New Zealanders want the fishing method of bottom trawling banned, as New Zealand is the last country operating a bottom trawling fleet in the high seas of the South… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.RNZ Pacific journalist Kaya Selby joins us with a wrap of Pacific business news from around the region. Audio