Tagata o te Moana. 2009-12-12

A half-hourly programme of news and events in the South Pacific for a New Zealand audience. Prepared by Radio New Zealand International for broadcast on Radio New Zealand National, Saturdays approximately 17:30-18:00.
Items are:
The tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu led the way this week for a binding agreement at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen;
French Polynesia's former leader Gaston Flosse continues to fall from grace;
Tonga's Cabinet wants to be able to still appoint unelected Ministers;
The state of democracy throughout the Pacific;
Questions about Australia's seasonal work programme;
Three years on, revisiting the military takeover in Fij;
Auckland-based Pacific Islands business people outline ideas to lift economic performance;
Cholera spreads in Papua New Guinea;
Comics are used to drive home the message about corruption in Solomon Islands.
Source: Radio New Zealand iNEWS