Pacific Waves for Thursday 28 January 2016

4:05 PM.Transparency Vanuatu raises election bribery concerns; Leading Vanuatu MP clams alleged political witch hunt; Anniversary of France's last nuclear test in the Pacific; Hilda Heine elected Marshalls… Read more Audio

4:04 PM.Transparency International in Vanuatu says it is concerned about the number of allegations of bribery and vote buying it is receiving from the outer islands. Audio

4:03 PM.Vanuatu's Supreme Court has found as baseless an attempt to obtain an arrest warrant on the former prime minister Joe Natuman who believes he's been the target of a political witch hunt. Audio

4:02 PM.The editor of a magazine in Tahiti says it appears most people have forgotten about the date of France's last nuclear test in the Pacific. Audio

6:06 AM.Hilda Heine elected Marshalls president; Doctor challenges anti-whilstle blower law; Nuclear testing victims in French Polynesia unconvinced by legislative changes; Vanuatu hoteliers hopeful runway… Read more Audio

6:05 AM.The Marshall Islands has a new female president, Hilda Heine. She is the first woman to head a government of a Pacific Island country. Audio

6:04 AM.An Australian doctor has challenged Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to prosecute him under anti-whistle blower legislation by speaking out about the health of children kept in detention on Nauru. Audio