Tagata o te Moana. 2012-08-04. 17:30-18:00.

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

In this weeks programme:
A former Fiji Prime Minister is jailed; Papua New Guinea's Peter O'Neill is elected prime minister....we reflect back on New Zealand's links with Samoa; the drawn out push for a vote of no confidence in Tonga has been pushed back another 3 weeks; the need to bridge the poverty gap in Solomon Islands; Meanwhile Tonga's Deputy Prime Minister, Samiu Vaipulu, says there cannot be a vote of no confidence until procedures for such a process are laid out; The pro-independence politician and President of the New Caledonian Congress Roch Wamytan rock whummy-ton says he is confident a solution will be found to the territory's contentious flag issue; and Solomon Islands' government is being urged to bridge the poverty gap if it wants to avoid another flare up of violence.