Pacific Waves for Thursday 21 May 2015

3:06 PM.Bougainville wants PNG/Australia spat sorted quickly; 129 asylum seekers offered resettlement in PNG; Historic LGTB conference hailed a success; NZ chocolate company uses Pacific ingredients… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Bougainville's caretaker President says the PNG visa ban on Australians entering Bougainville will hurt Bougainvilleans and needs to be sorted quickly. Audio

3:04 PM.129 asylum seekers at the Australian-run centre have been officially declared refugees and are being offered the choice of staying in PNG. Audio

3:03 PM.The organiser of an historic conference on sexual diversity and orientation in the Pacific says the region is becoming more open to the subject matter. Audio

3:02 PM.A New Zealand chocolate company has released a new range of chocolates using ingredients from the Pacific, vanilla from Tonga and cocoa from Samoa. Audio

5:04 AM.Pro-independence politicians say Tahiti decolonisation a 'long run'; Rotumans look to revive endangered culture; Inquiry into abuse at Nauru underway; Bougainville elections chief pleased with poll. Audio

5:03 AM.Leaders of French Polynesia's pro-independence movement are braced for a long journey in their bid for self-determination. Audio

5:02 AM.The Fiji Rotuman Association is hoping the government can aid them in efforts to save a culture which is on the UN Endangered list. Audio