Tagata o te Moana. 2012-06-02. 17:30-18:00.

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

In this week's programme:
We look back at another week of political turmoil in Papua New Guinea; NZ and Australia are to provide logistical support for the PNG elections; The call for the killing three years ago of a Vanuatu prisoner in police custody; Samoa marks 50 years of independence; Volunteer Service Abroad also celebrates 50 years this week; The captain of the Solomon Islands ship which sank last week says high swells caused the vessel's sinking; With Samoans making up New Zealand's fourth largest ethnic group, the retention of the language is being seen as increasingly important; Voters in the French Pacific will get to choose six of the 577 members of the next French National Assembly; Hundreds of fledgling organisations in the Pacific have benefited from New Zealanders sent on assignments to share their skills and knowledge in developing countries; A documentary-maker says Pacific battle sites have largely been forgotten, because they are so far from the United States.