Tagata o te Moana. 2013-09-21. 17:30-18:00.

A weekly wrap-up of news, issues and current affairs from the Pacific. The programme is broadcast nationwide every Saturday evening on Radio New Zealand National and is produced by the newsroom of Radio New Zealand International. The following rundown is supplied from the broadcaster’s news system:

1. Papua New Guinea's Parliament has passed legislation that enables the state to take over 100% of the Ok Tedi copper and gold mine.

2. The government of PNG has also passed constitutional amendments that its critics say will make it harder to unseat prime minister Peter O'Neill.

3. The aid monitoring group AidWatch says the Australian government's decision to reintergrate AusAid into the Department of Foreign Affairs is a step back for reducing poverty in the Pacific.

4. The prime minister of Tuvalu says he believes the Majuro Declaration made by Pacific leaders earlier this month at their summit in the Marshall Islands will achieve its ultimate goal of a binding agreement on cutting gas emissions.

5. One of the members [i.e. Nick Bennett] of a trekking group targeted by a deadly attack last week in Papua New Guinea says what happened was an aberration, and that he will go back to PNG.

6. A project to lay 25 kilometres of new water mains in villages on Rarotonga has stalled, due to almost half the serviced homes not having modern plumbing to cope with the new system.

7. The Fiji Council of Churches has supported a push for a peaceful path to democracy in Fiji and an end to a culture of silence.