Tagata o te Moana. 2011-04-02. 17:30-18:00.

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

Four men convicted over Tonga's Princess Ashika disaster face jail terms from monday; Melanesia asserts greater independence at a summit in Fiji; How to get more women into Parliaments in the Pacific; New Zealand gives Kiribati a huge lift in aid for basic infrastructure and to boost fishing and tourism; The New Zealand foreign affairs minister, Murray McCully, has rejected media reports that New Zealand is softening its stance on sanctions imposed on the Fiji regime; The community of a Solomon Islands man who died after Tongan soldiers fired shots during a callout last year have asked the Government to review the law governing the Regional Assistance Mission; Pacific communities in New Zealand are urging the government to legislate to protect Pacific Languages; A New Zealand man with strong links to Fiji plans to run a marathon in Wellington as a fund raiser for a Fiji children's charity;