Pacific Waves for Monday 21 March 2016

4:05 PM.Investigations are underway into a series of student brawls which took place last week in Samoa; A Vanuatu tourism operator is eager to carry on with his business in Vanuatu now his son's been cleared… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Investigations are underway into a series of student brawls which took place last week in Samoa, after a school teacher was hospitalized and multiple students were arrested. Audio

4:04 PM.A Vanuatu tourism operator is is eager to carry on with his business in Vanuatu now his son's been cleared of murder. He says he's open for business and looking forward to a tourist influx later this… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.The United Nations is encouraging Fiji to withdraw its reservations to the UN Convention Against Torture. Audio

6:05 AM.Samoa's new cabinet is revealed, with a notable name missing from the list; Severe drought looks set to linger in Micronesia; Tuvalu's Funafuti gains 8 percent more usable land after the borrow pits… Read more Audio

6:04 AM.Samoa's first time MPs and re-elected politicians for the 16th Parliament have been sworn in, following the recent general election. Audio

6:03 AM.Forecasters say a severe drought that has hit the Micronesian region could remain for a while yet. Audio

6:02 AM.Tuvalu's main island, Funafuti, has gained an extra eight percent of land after the completion of a project to fill in so-called "borrow pits" from the Second World War. Audio

6:01 AM.Pacific Islanders participating in New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme say their experience working in this country is of great benefit to them and their communities back in the islands… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.An independent assessment of a proposed framework for sea bed mining has found the legislation lacks indigenous and environmental safeguards. Audio