Pacific Waves for Monday 30 October 2017

4:04 PM.Papua New Guinea's Immigration Minister has downplayed concerns of looming security or humanitarian crises on Manus Island. Australia's immigration detention centre on Manus is due to close tomorrow… Read more Audio

4:02 PM.An academic in Fiji believes that Pacific labour mobility schemes to New Zealand could be improved to benefit island workers more. Read more Audio

6:04 AM.A new MP says New Zealand's silence has made it complicit in human rights abuse in Australian offshore detention. Read more Audio

6:03 AM.The death of a prominent journalist in Papua New Guinea has prompted criticism of the newspaper she worked for. Read more Audio

6:02 AM.A new Papua New Guinea MP Bryan Kramer, is philosophical about the split in his political party after its leader and most of its MPs, but not him, recently joined government in an upheaval that has… Read more Audio

6:01 AM.Drug and alcohol related crimes in Samoa are gradually decreasing since the introduction of Samoa's Alcohol and Drug Court says Supreme Court Judge. Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Vanuatu passports are in question again after a plan was announced to allow the use of bitcoins in exchange for citizenship. Read more Audio