Pacific Waves for Thursday 11 February 2016

4:05 PM.An anti-nuclear petition in French Polynesia collects 30,000 signatures so far; The United Nations says there's a lack of sex information and services in the Pacific; Call for law changes to hold… Read more Audio

4:04 PM.More than 30,000 people in French Polynesia have signed a petition urging a local referendum on French weapon tests carried out in the South Pacific between 1966 and 1996. Audio

4:03 PM.A recent study by the United Nations Population Fund says many adolescents in the Pacific are having sex before marriage, but face a dangerous dearth of information and services. Audio

4:02 PM.The new head of the Leadership Code Commission in Solomon Islands is calling for legislative change so that leaders can be held more accountable. Audio

6:05 AM.Fiji PM not flinching on getting a new flag; Plans to get the algae out of fabled Cooks' lagoon; Fiji goverment lambasted over Russian arms shipment; Bougainville's president told to be more… Read more Audio

6:04 AM.The Fiji prime minister Frank Bainimarama wants a new flag by July this year and it seems he'll get it. Audio

6:03 AM.The struggle to remove algae from one of the Cook Islands prime attractions, the Muri Lagoon on Rarotonga. Audio