Tagata o te Moana. 2012-02-25. 17:30-18:00.

News from the Pacific presented by Don Wiseman, Radio New Zealand International.

In this week's programme:
The push for reserved parliamentary seats for women in Papua New Guinea may have been lost, or has it. Women in Samoa are taking a novel approach to the same issue. The foreign minister says the government hasn't reneged on the portability of pensions. Niue might bury its asbestos problem. The Ministry of Health in Fiji has declared a public health emergency for two villages in the Western Division in response to a typhoid outbreak. Fiji's interim government is being urged not to drop the ball on consultations for a new constitution, despite having to deal with disastrous flooding. Campaigners for reserved seats for women in the Papua New Guinea parliament are not giving, despite the apparent failure to secure the necessary votes to pass enabling legislation in time for this year's election. There's increased interest in Papua New Guinea by major global energy companies keen to unlock the value of the country's substantial oil and gas assets. New Zealand's foreign minister says the Government has not reneged on a promise to look at pension portability to the Cook Islands. The Premier of Niue, Toke Talagi, says his government has made a decision, in principle, to bury asbestos waste on the island. The Pacific's technical advisory body is being urged to listen to the views of the region's communities on seabed mining. An exhibition in Auckland aims to challenge Pacific stereotypes of Pacific peoples.