Tagata o te Moana. 2011-10-15. 17:30-18:00.

News from the Pacific presented by Johnny Blades, Radio New Zealand International. In this weeks programme:
An investigation is underway into a plane crash near the Papua New Guinea town of Madang; A weekend Congress in Indonesia's Papua region amid continued human rights violations; The acute water shortage on many Pacific atolls has been eased by an international aid effort; A second attempt by authorities in Fiji to prevent the Burness pension case going to court will be heard in early February; French Polynesia's veteran politician, Gaston Flosse, will know next month if he will be disqualified from public office for a year; A lack of teacher training and accountability are being blamed for another round of poor test results among primary school children in the Marshall Islands; A rise in sexual violence against women and girls in Solomon Islands is being linked with increasing economic hardship; Organisers of the 2012 Pacific Arts Festival, to be hosted by Solomon Islands, will be racing against the clock to complete preparations in time for the event, which is scheduled for the start of July; and One man's migration from Fiji to New Zealand in the early nineties has inspired a new bilingual collection of poetry.