Pacific Waves for 16 December 2023

Fiji hosts New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters for a 24 hour visit on his first overseas engagement; Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown pleased with funding commitments made at COP28 ; A Christchurch start-up wants to bring steam power to the Pacific islands to help cocoa farmers dry their beans; Vanuatu is still in a state of recovery after being lashed by three cyclones; Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province re-opens next week; Vanuatu still recovering after being lashed by three cyclones.