Tagata o te Moana. 2010-11-13. 17:30-18:00.

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

The latest outbreak of Cholera in Papua New Guinea has claimed more than 20 lives - while a PNG prison at the centre of a mass escape that resulted in at least 6 deaths is deemed uninhabitable; we preview upcoming general elections in the Cook Islands and Tonga; The President of Kiribati says he hopes next month's United Nations conference in Mexico will recognise the urgent need to deal with the impact of climate change on vulnerable nations; Fiji's interim prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, says the United States should engage Fiji directly and not rely on Australia and New Zealand; Meanwhile an Expert in Indonesian politics says there are signs that the United States administration will ignore the ongoing human rights abuses in Papua in order to secure strategic alliances; Papua New Guinea's Institute of National Affairs says the sacking of the country's police chief is a major cause of concern; The head of a political reform lobby group in the Cook Islands says politicians should be doing more to help people understand the issues behind next week's national referendum.