Tagata o te Moana. 2013-03-23. 17:30-18:00.

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

In this weeks programme:

1. The Fiji government has reneged on its commitment to appoint a Constituent Assembly to debate the draft constitution paving the way to elections next year.

2. The Fiji government's draft constitution has been described as a recipe to enable the present regime to stay in power.

3. Campaigning is underway in French Polynesia for the territorial elections to choose a new assembly for a five-year term.

4. People are still living under temporary shelter without access to water or toilets in Solomon Islands' Temotu province, six weeks after the region was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami.

5. The New Zealand Government expects to see a dramatic rise in renewable energy generation in the Pacific over the next 3 years.

6. A group of teachers from Tokelau have swapped their island classrooms for New Zealand lecture theatres.

7. Some small accommodation businesses catering for tourists in Samoa fear they will lose business and staff to a planned five star international casino resort.

8. In a major coup, the Australian rugby league legend Mal Meninga has joined Papua New Guinea's coaching staff ahead of this year's World Cup.