Pacific Waves for Wednesday 24 February 2021

6:05 AM.Pasifika fair poorly in Salvation Army State of the Nation report;NZ stats show one in four Pasifika children living in households experiencing material hardship; Fiji worried extended border closures… Read more Audio

6:03 AM.New Zealand's Salvation Army released this year's State of Nation report and although it's a national report that doesn't drill down heavily into ethnicities, the data they have on Pasifika are very… Read more Audio

6:02 AM.Stats NZ has released the latest official child poverty figures and the rates for Maori and Pacific peoples are higher across most measures compared with the national average. Read more Audio

6:01 AM.With no end in sight to the Covid-19 pandemic and borders remained closed, Fiji is concerned its only tourism lifeline the Blue Lanes initiative will be impacted. Read more Audio

6:00 AM.The Kaiviti Silktails rugby league team are due to get their freedom in Sydney today. Read more Audio