Pacific Waves for Monday 2 October 2017

4:04 PM.The number of evacuees leaving the Vanuatu island of Ambae where the Manaro Voui volcano continues to belch ash and smoke is higher than expected and continues to climb. Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Papua New Guinea police are struggling to contain ongoing election violence in Southern Highlands province where two police officers were killed in the weekend. The police commissioner Gary Baki says… Read more Audio

4:02 PM.Tuvalu language week celebrates for the fifth time in New Zealand, with the focus on staying true to the culture. Read more Audio

6:04 AM.There are calls in the Cook Islands for authorities to do more to investigate the disappearance of a Venezuelan woman who was lost at sea about 40 nautical miles off the coast of Rarotonga more than a… Read more Audio

6:03 AM.The fate of the only Fijian childcare centre in New Zealand is up in the air as the Fijian community try to address the concerns that were found in the 2017 Education Review Office report. Read more Audio

6:02 AM.Immigration New Zealand is making changes to how it conducts business in its offshore offices in the Pacific. Read more Audio

6:01 AM.An international campaign is underway to try and save Samoa's national bird, the manumea, from extinction. Read more Audio

6:00 AM.There is a plea for aid to help move Carteret Islanders to the Bougainville mainland, as their atolls become increasingly swamped. Read more Audio