Pacific Waves for 23 August 2024

The French Ambassador to the Pacific hits back at New Caledonia congress president Roch Wamytan saying New Caledonia is not France; The new Kiribati Parliament will include five women MPs for the first time and we talanoa to one of the newly elected members Ruth Cross Kwansing; Independent research commissioned by New Zealand police into bias has found being Maori, Pasifika, male or mentally ill puts people at higher risk of force being used.