Pacific Waves for 25 January 2023

Over 100 activist groups, including Greenpeace, Veterans for Peace, and the Arms Control Association have signed a letter calling on US President Joe Biden to apologise for nuclear tests conducted in the Marshall Islands; Last week, Tongans commemorated the first year anniversary of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcanic eruption. Remarkably only three people were killed. But despite the low casualty rate, Finau Fonua found many in the Kingdom are still haunted by the traumatic event; It's election week in Tokelau. As Lydia Lewis reports, for the first time in Tokelau's history, all three atolls will take part in the same electoral process; There is criticism of the Papua New Guinea parliament's decision to give Sir Bob Dadae a second term as governor general.There had been hopes that prominent woman candidate Winnie Kiap might have been chosen.