Tagata o te Moana. 2012-09-01. 17:30-18:00.

News from the Pacific presented by Don Wiseman of Radio New Zealand International. Programme content provided by broadcaster.

In this weeks programme:
Pacific leaders promise to bring about gender equality and action on illegal fishing; Fiji was also on the agenda; we hear from one of the proponents of ocean floor mining; the initiative by New Zealand MPs to improve sexual health in the Pacific; fears for the future of the Northern Marianas hospital; A murder charge laid over the killing of a New Zealand police officer in Tonga has been dropped; The New Zealand Archives has a huge collection of images of this country's involvement with Samoa, and has been making them available during events making Samoa's 50 years of independence; The new manager of the central market in the Solomon Islands capital is pushing the Honiara City Council for more space.