Pacific Waves for Thursday 22 May 2014

3:06 PM.The party is over for Papua New Guinea's Triumph Heritage Empowerment group; a Fiji NGO says its concerns are still being ignored by the country's elections authorities; we talk to a nickel expert… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.A Papua New Guinea cabinet minister defends his and other MPs decision to leave one of the country's main political parties which is crumbling amid the fallout from its leader's sacking as Treasurer.

3:04 PM.NGOs in Fiji say their calls to remove an Electoral Decree provision which restricts what work they can do have so far been ignored. Audio

3:03 PM.Questions remain over why spills keep occurring at the Vale nickel processing plant in New Caledonia. Audio

5:06 AM.RAMSI pleased with Solomons police response to riots; Suspended Nauru MPs just doing their jobs according to a NZ MP; Cook Islands government dismisses PM aid money allegations; Indonesia drops plans… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands says local police response to Honiara riots shows its capacity to maintain order is increasing. Audio

5:04 AM.A New Zealand Opposition MP says he hopes the Nauru Government recognises that three suspended MPs were just doing their job of trying to keep it honest. Audio

5:03 AM.The Cook Islands government says claims Prime Minister Henry Puna got aid money he should not have are outlandish and ignorant. Audio