Pacific Waves for 9 February 2023

A Human Rights Watch researcher in Indonesia has condemned the West Papua National Liberation Army's kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot; Recent Shark culling in New Caledonian has divided public opinion in the French territory. Three four-metre-long tiger sharks have been killed by local authorities after two recent attacks including one where a woman was mauled by a Bull-shark at one of Noumea's most popular beaches; Anaphylaxis sufferers in Aotearoa have something to celebrate this month with the announcement that EpiPens will now be funded in New Zealand.