Pacific Waves for 15 October 2024

The leader of the West Papua rebels who took New Zealander Philip Merhtens hostage has denied claims he was bribed to set the pilot free last month, A new report has found the average size of global wildlife populations has shrunk by over 70 percent over the past 50 years, One of the final tasks the Manawanui undertook was surveying another wrecked vessel stranded on a Pacific reef.