Tagata o te Moana. 2010-08-21. 17:30-18:00.

News from the Pacific presented by Don Wiseman, Radio New Zealand International. In this weeks programme:
Papua New Guinea authorities look in to mystery deaths; Solomon Islander leadership contenders are down to two; How to curb student violence in Samoa; Not all Fiji seems likely to embrace the new term that's to replace the word Fijian; Questions remain over whether Pacific island states are going to sign up to some of the major trade deals which are currently the subject of intense negotiations for their officials; A Cook Islands Democratic Party member says a run-off selection is needed in the Ngatangiia electorate because of a failure to observe due process; New Zealand Police conducting training in Indonesia's Papua region have given local police their first taste of community-policing; A Samoan playwright and documentary maker, Makerita Urale, this week took up the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer's Residency at the University of Hawai'i; The New Zealand Government development assistance agency, NZAid, says many Tuvaluans are benefitting from its joint operation in Tuvalu last month with the New Zealand Defence Force; and A fundraiser is focussing on providing practical tools to help create a sustainable living for villages in Samoa that were devastated by last years tsunami.