Tagata o te Moana. 2010-08-14. 17:30-18:00.

News from the Pacific presented by Don Wiseman, Radio New Zealand International. In this weeks programme:
RAMSI soldiers shoot dead a civilian in Honiara but the authorities say this had nothing to do with the post election negotiations; Tonga's judicial enquiry is called a farce; The Pacific is seriously looking at small nuclear reactors to solve its power generation problems; Fiji's interim Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has again stated, this time from Beijing, that Fiji's future lies with China, not New Zealand, Australia or the United States; New Zealand says it won't leave a Vanuatu anti-violence group without enough funds and it's hoping Australia will fill the gap; The two and a half thousand Ni-Vanuatu labourers who sign up to the Recognised Seasonal Employer or RSE scheme in New Zealand every year return home with on average around half a million vatu, or seven thousand (NZ) dollars each; The Labour Manager for one of the New Zealand contractors involved in the RSE scheme says the employment of Pacific workers continues to improve the productivity of their business; There's a call for New Zealand to follow Australia's lead, and crack down on illegal timber imports with new legislation; The Pacific Islands News Association says there is an open door for a relationship with a newly formed media association, despite an apparent rift.