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In Pacific Waves today: RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea correspondent Scott Waide joins Pacific Waves to unpack PNG's defence treaty with Australia and more; NZ govt urged to create new humanitarian visa; Pacific sports wrap with RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist Iliesa Tora. Go ... Show More

In Pacific Waves today: Fijian workers overseas behaviour 'embarrassing' - Fiji PM; Pacific social media wrap with Coco Lance; Pacific advocates recognised for climate campaign. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details 

In Pacific Waves today: New Zealand pays Samoa millions in compensation over sunken vessel; Te Maeva Nui festival returns to Aotearoa; Embracing my Fijian identity and culture - Esther Traill. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details 

Submariners report ghostly encounters in the depths of the ocean. 

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports a shark attack kills a Hawaii lifeguard out surfing. 

Thirty-nine people are missing after a Chinese-owned fishing boat capsized in the central Indian Ocean on Tuesday. 

Tsunami warnings have been scaled back across much of the northern Pacific after a huge earthquake off eastern Russia. The earthquake, which hit near Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, is one of the most powerful ever recorded. Tsunami warnings have since been downgraded in Japan, ... Show More

As today's show begins, we're following the breaking news overnight of a growing tsunami threat extending from Russia all the way to the West Coast of the US, the result of a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake. Tsunami alerts have been issued for all of the Hawaiian islands, where ... Show More

We highlight some of the Hawaiian women making waves in the surfing world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

A PhD student with a passion for whales stumbles upon a strange, eerie sound deep beneath the ocean waves, something that will soon rock her world. Meanwhile, a fisherman is stranded in the ocean late at night, completely alone. With time running out, can he be rescued before it ... Show More

Atlas and Zavia have a hair raising adventure inside the Kraken, a mysterious machine at the bottom of the Pflugerville Ocean. 

Picture yourself sitting on the beach as ocean waves crash and fill tide pools. Relax and close your eyes. Let the sounds of the sea pull away your anxiety. In the distance a seagull squawks, a sea lion barks, and a fog horn blows. You focus on the sound of the ocean. Your heart ... Show More

A small fishing village in Portugal is home to the biggest waves in the world. Nazaré is known as the Mecca of big-wave surfing, attracting the world's most fearless surfers, all in pursuit of the chance to surf the mythical 100-foot wave. Journalist Matt Majendie spent a whole s ... Show More