Tagata o te Moana. 2012-03-17. 17:30-18:00.

News from the Pacific presented by Annell Husband, Radio New Zealand International. Programme content provided by broadcaster.

In this weeks programme:
Fiji's interim government is urged to ensure there're no restrictions on discussions around the constitution. The owner of the Papua New Guinea ferry that sank last month denies any wrongdoing. The Cook Islands' ongoing population decline prompts the finance minister to call for a review of free entry into New Zealand. A Fiji solicitor who has addressed the United Nations on the erosion of indigenous rights in his country says the abolition of the Great Council of Chiefs is a contravention of UN law. The President in Kiribati says any purchase of land in Fiji would be purely for investment purposes and relocation would be a last resort. The President of Palau says half a million dollars of US Government funding to help resettle a group of Uighurs was not used for personal gain. An international kava symposium has heard the European countries that have banned kava may have left themselves open to a legal challenge. Residents of remote Pitcairn Island are looking forward to a major upgrade in their broadband service.