Tagata o te Moana. 2011-03-26. 17:30-18:00.

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

Papua New Guinea's prime minister gets two weeks off work when he's suspended from office; the leaders of Melanesia get together next in Fiji after a similar summit last year was cancelled sparking a spat with Commodore Bainimarama; The New Zealander heading the police in Tonga is under threat from his subordinates and Hawaii counts the cost of the Japan tsuunami; Samoa's Prime Minister says he is extremely happy with the make-up of his new Cabinet, and is not worried about the loyalty of his ministers; The president of the Vanuatu chapter of Transparency International, Marie Noelle Ferrieux Patterson, has no regrets over her statement that if political corruption isn't dealt with the country could face a coup; More purse seine fishing is likely in the Cook Islands as it enters new agreements to try to increase the revenue from its fisheries resource; Fiji's interim Prime Minister says the country's rugby sevens team should pull out of the Australian leg of the World Series if they are unable to select their strongest team;