Pacific Waves for 29 May 2025

A gruesome video of violence in Enga provence in Papua New Guinea is circulating on social media causing public outrage in the country; Tonga like many parts of the Pacific has been contending in recent years with surging drug use problems; Next steps for the wreckage of the Manawanui are to be determined by an independent study combining an assessment of the wreck itself and the environment in which it lies.