Tagata o te Moana. 2011-02-26. 17:30-18:00.

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

Christchurch's Pacific community leaders take stock after last week's massive earthquake; Campaigning steps up for what could be the closest fought Samoa in some years; Chile's plan of action for Rapanui; What are the prospects in West Papua for a popular uprising like the ones seen in North Africa and the Middle East; American Samoans try to adjust to life without plastic bags; A leaky oil pipeline in the Northern Marianas is just one of a number of potential environmental threats posed by the oil and water transfer systems of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation; There is confusion over the state of the French Polynesian budget which the opposition passed at the weekend against the will of the president Gaston Tong Sang; The Marshall Islands Environment Protection Authority is advising residents in the capital, Majuro to boil their water or use a water tank as the public water supply is showing signs of contamination; Legislation is being drafted in Fiji to clamp down on the sale of glue and other potentially harmful substances to young people; Shop owners and customers in American Samoa are trying to adjust to life without plastic shopping bags.