Tagata o te Moana. 2010-10-16. 17:30-18:00.

News from the Pacific presented by Don Wiseman, Radio New Zealand International. In this weeks programme:

Fiji's economic woes; while Australia's top political representative to the region wants to send a clear message to Fiji about lawful rule; John Campbell stirs up the Samoa Government with claims about missing tsunami recovery funds; Changes to Fiji's sugar industry are expected soon, with the interim regime planning to step and rescue the troubled sector; A professor of Economics at the University of the South Pacific, Wadan Narsey, says more than forty percent of rural people in Fiji are living in poverty; Campaigning is now in full swing for the Cook Islands elections in a month's time and the promises are coming thick and fast; The first Pacific Islands woman to become a Member of Parliament in New Zealand bows out of politics this week to begin a new career in management at Victoria University; Samoa's rugby union chairman and Prime Minister, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, says top local players could be banned from playing overseas after the country's sevens team disappointed at the Commonwealth Games.