Pacific Waves for 24 January 2023

It is now just over a year since Tonga was hit by the devsatating eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, but the Kingdom is still grappling with the impacts of the disaster; With the recent shock resignation of New Zealand's prime minister, a new look Labour leadership is heading into this year's election. And it includes the country's first deputy prime minister of Pasifika descent; Amnesty International is calling on the New Zealand government to speed up the resettlement process for refugees detained off shore by Australia; Darts is becoing quite a scene in the Pacific with more and more countries joining the region's main tournament the South Pacific Darts championship.