Tagata o te Moana. 2011-07-02. 17:30-18:00.

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

Today we hear from a Fiji trade union leader who was beaten earlier this year by members of the regime; Sir Michael Somare's career is near an end - we look back at nearly fifty years in politics; Vanuatu's government goes through its sixth lineup change in six months; Public broadcasting in French Polynesia could be one of the many victims of drastic cuts to the public service to be decided next week; The Tongan prime minister and several parliamentarians discussed how children are faring amid tough economic times at a meeting last month; The first ever private hospital in the Pacific Islands has gone broke and its future is now in the hands of the Samoa Government; and British Government-backed conservationists are launching an operation to wipe out rats on Henderson Island in the Pitcairn territory.