Tagata o te Moana. 2011-08-13. 17:30-18:00.

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

Today, Fiji's interim regime defends its controversial curbs on unions; we look at some of the policy plans of the new Papua New Guinea government; the plight of youth in the Pacific; the work to get more women in Kiribati into parliament; we look at a new web resource that features the founding fathers of Pacific nations; The Chief of Staff of Papua New Guinea's new Prime Minister says there is considerable high level support for the re-opening of the Manus Island asylum seeker detention centre; A landmark on Suva's seafront, the Grand Pacific Hotel, is to be re-developed after more than a decade of disrepair; and The AFL International Cup is being held in Sydney this weekend.