Pacific Waves for Monday 13 July 2015

3:05 PM.Concerns an influx of visitors to the Cook Islands will reignite a Chikungunya outbreak; around 1,000 women market vendors come together in Vanuatu; amendments to Fiji's controversial media decree are… Read more Audio

3:04 PM.Health officials in the Cook Islands are concerned an influx of visitors for the country's 50th anniversary celebrations will reignite a Chikungunya outbreak that has only just been brought under… Read more Audio

3:03 PM.Around 1000 women market vendors in Vanuatu have come together to form the Silae Vanua market vendors association in Port Vila. Audio

3:00 PM.The Samoa women's cricket coach says their victory over Papua New Guinea at the Pacific Games is the sport biggest achievement in the country's cricketing history. Audio

5:05 AM.Amendments to Media Industry Development Decree in Fiji seen as a positive step foward by the government; An NGO in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville wants better services… Read more Audio

5:04 AM.An amendment to the Media Industry Development Decree in Fiji means individual journalists can no longer be fined for breaches, and is being seen as a positive step forward by the government, but… Read more Audio

5:03 AM.The people on the increasingly difficult to live on Carteret Islands in Bougainville, are often short of food, but an NGO has a solution. Audio

5:02 AM.Health authorities and the media in Vanuatu are joining forces to try to curb the growth in so-called lifestyle diseases. Audio

5:01 AM.A New Zealand sociolinguist has helped a Vanuatu village in Hog Harbour, Santo, tell the story of the traumatic attack on their community during a flashpoint shortly after the country gained… Read more Audio

5:00 AM.A Pacific poet Karlo Mila has been awarded a writing residency in Hawai'i. Audio