Tagata o te Moana. 2013-04-06. 17:30-18:00.

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

In this weeks programme:

1. A former Guam senator says the United States moving a missile defence system to the territory sends a message to North Korea not to play around with US communities.

2. A civil society group in Fiji, the Citizen's Constitutional Forum, says the regime's draft constitution concentrates power dangerously in the offices of the Prime Minister and Attorney General.

3. The United Nations General Assembly has adopted an historic treaty to control the international arms trade, voting it in by an overwhelming majority.

4. Uncertainty around a by-election in Tuvalu has prompted questions about the effectiveness of government in the tiny island nation.

5. A review into the autonomy arrangements in Papua New Guinea of Bougainville is expected to garner views from across the province.

6. Samoa Air says charging passengers by how much they weigh could mean cheaper fares for all.

7. A group opposing a billion dollar 10 thousand room hotel development on Yap is urging traditional landowners not to lease out their land.

8. Pacific leaders have ruled out legalising same sex marriage. Both the Samoa Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, and the Fiji Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, told local media that legalising same-sex marriage would not be considered because it is against religious beliefs.