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A weekly wrap-up of news, issues and current affairs from the Pacific. The programme is broadcast nationwide every Saturday evening on Radio New Zealand National and is produced by the newsroom of Radio New Zealand International. The following rundown is supplied from the broadcaster’s news system:
1. Vanuatu has a new Prime Minister [i.e. Joe Natuman] after parliamentarians removed Moana Carcasses in a vote of no confidence on Thursday.
2. It has been a violent week in the Nauru Parliament with scuffles and wrestling on the floor on Wednesday morning when police moved in to remove an opposition MP from the chamber.
3. New Caledonia's anti-independence parties have retained a majority in the Congress in last Sunday's crucial election.
4. A regional meeting in Rarotonga this week has 60 delegates looking at ways to manage the future mining of deep sea minerals.
5. The World Bank is being accused of putting the interests of foreign investors before those of local landowners in the Pacific.
6. As Fiji heads towards its first general election in nearly eight years, questions continue to be raised about whether the polls will be free and fair.
7. Oceania Player of the Century, Wynton Rufer, says there is no shortage of footballing talent in Papua New Guinea but developing a winning mentality is proving a challenge.