Pacific Waves for Friday 16 November 2018

4:05 PM.The multinational group of observers who are monitoring Fiji's elections have given the thumbs up so far. Read more Audio

4:03 PM.An Ambae evacuee says residents are preparing to face potential food and water shortages, desroyed crops and a lack of infrastructure on their return to the Vanuatu island. Read more Audio

4:03 PM.An economist says Papua New Guinea government allocations to the health and education sectors have reduced substantially over recent years. Read more Audio

4:02 PM.Civil society is looking at China as the best bet for reducing illegal logging in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. The two Melanesian countries are main suppliers of China's timber imports, large… Read more Audio

6:05 AM.The extended media blackout restricting coverage of the election in Fiji will end on Saturday evening. Read more Audio

6:04 AM.National summit about Pacific communities' contribution to New Zealand. Read more Audio

6:03 AM.Research from New Zealand's Liggins Institute shows that a form of diabetes previously found only in adults is increasingly being identified in Polynesian children. Read more Audio