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

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

In this weeks programme:
Australia is to send asylum seekers back to Nauru and Manus in Papua New Guinea; we look at questions of immunity for the Fiji coup makers and the less than smooth road for the constitutional commission; we travel to Poutasi, one of the Samoan village wrecked by the tsunami 3 years ago; the continuing saga of the mega yacht impounded in Vanuatu; The SDL party of the deposed Fiji Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, says it is more determined than ever to carry on with his legacy; Commodore Bainimarama has warned the head of the Constitution Commission to adhere to the laws of Fiji, including the decrees that created the Commission; Victoria University of Wellington says memoranda signed with Samoa institutions today are about taking a long association further; Tonga's parliament is expected to resume debate on Monday on a motion of no confidence in the Government, as former civil servants and the media criticise the extended impasse; and Seven traditional Pacific voyaging canoes which have traversed the Pacific twice over the past year, are now returning to their home countries, after efforts to raise greater awareness on issues like the state of the ocean.