Tagata o te Moana. 2011-03-12. 17:30-18:00.

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

The Fiji military say they didn't beat up a Cabinet Minister, but that Cabinet Minister says this is more propaganda; Samoa's Tautua Samoa party didn't win the election but they are still celebrating; and the political chaos in French Polynesia continues; It's been a turbulent few days in the Sato Kilman cabinet in Vanuatu, firstly with the Public Utilities minister Harry Iauko allegedly orchestrating an attack on newspaper publisher, Mark Neil Jones and then another reshuffle as a minister throws in his lot with the opposition; The latest economic report for the Pacific by the Asian Development Bank shows two different paths emerging as resource rich countries begin to boom from the profits of gas and gold while their neighbours are struggling to pay for food and fuel; Overloading is being blamed for the capsizing of a boat which left at least 48 people clinging to its hull in shark-infested waters in Papua New Guinea; Snorkelling with a humpback whale has made the Lonely Planet's top 5 Pacific experiences.