Pacific Waves for Monday 8 February 2016

4:05 PM.Questions have been raised over the suspension of one of Fiji's opposition parties from parliament; the PNG govt is to review West Papuans' refugee claims; the Marshalls' new president calls for a… Read more Audio

4:04 PM.A Fijian academic says the members of Fiji's suspended National Federation Party have a case to challenge their suspension from parliament in the courts. Audio

4:03 PM.Papua New Guinea's government is reviewing asylum claims by over 1,000 West Papuans and beginning a registration of all West Papuans living in PNG, many of whom have been there for decades without… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Tonga's Olympic Committee denies being bankrupt and says it's on course to have full funding resumed from the IOC. Audio

6:04 AM.The Marshalls' president calls for a change in mindset; There are no worries over Tongan PM death threats; Bougainville funding squabble with PNG again comes to the fore; The author of a book about… Read more Audio

6:03 AM.The Marshall Islands' newly elected President hopes to build on international awareness about the effects of climate change created by her predecessors. Audio

6:02 AM.The Tongan Prime Minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, appears to be unconcerned about death threats that were revealed in parliament. Audio

6:01 AM.Bougainville reiterates it will take legal action against the PNG government if it continues to be underfunded. Audio

6:00 AM.The author of 'Inside the Crocodile: The Papua New Guinea journals', a book about her time working in development in PNG, says the one-size-fits-all approach must be dispensed with in the country. Audio