Pacific Waves for Wednesday 18 December 2024

6:03 AM.No flights from PNG's Mendi Airport for the foreseeable future; Successful vax programme has funding cut amid whooping cough; Call for more accountability in Pacific development engagements. Audio

6:02 AM.The only airline that had been servicing Mendi in the Southern Highlands in Papua New Guinea since it re-opened earlier this year, is maintaining a suspension of services it began last month. Audio

6:01 AM.A highly successful immunisation programme for pregnant Maori and Pasifika and their babies in South Auckland had its funding cut earlier this year - even as warnings sounded of the looming whooping… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.A new report has found citizens of Pacific Island nations are concerned about accountability and transparency around increased foreign aid and development projects as a result of strategic competition… Read more Audio