Pacific Waves for Friday 13 June 2014

3:06 PM.Pacific kava growers hopeful ban lift will revitalise industry; PNG Police claims of a peaceful resettlement are refuted; Deep sea mining questioned in PNG; Indonesian suspicions emerge over New… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Kava growers around the Pacific are hoping the industry can come back to life, following the overturning of a 12 year ban on kava. Audio

3:04 PM.A United Kingdom research centre is refuting claims by the Papua New Guinea police that a Paga Hill community was resettled peacefully. Audio

3:03 PM.An NGO in Papua New Guinea says the proposal for the world's first deep sea mining project is comparable with Pacific nuclear testing and people are feeling like experimental guinea pigs. Audio

4:06 AM.Indonesian suspicions emerge over NZ's motives in Papua; A German court overturns a kava ban; Calls for better conditions at the Vale nickel plant in New Caledonia; High speed internet for Tuvalu; The… Read more Audio

4:05 AM.A Jakarta newspaper report says the recent decision by Indonesia to axe New Zealand's planned police training programme in Indonesia's Papua region stems from suspicions over hidden motives. Audio

4:04 AM.Kava producers and growers have won a victory in a European court over the ban on the traditional herb which has cost the region hundreds of millions of a dollars in the last decade. Audio

4:03 AM.The WWF in New Caledonia says the conditions given to the Vale nickel processing plant on its re-opening are not enough to protect the environment. Audio

4:02 AM.Tuvalu signs on for deal that promises high speed internet to reach all islands. Audio