Tagata o te Moana. 2013-10-05. 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. Refugee advocates in Australia want the United Nations to take action over what they say is the Abbott government's failure to abide by the Refugees Convention.

2. As the authorities in Papua New Guinea's two main cities prepare for another round of mass burials, people are reported to be struggling to find the money to bury their loved ones.

3. The French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans organisation says it fears for the well-being of labourers being hired by the French military to help repair the monitoring system at the disused nuclear weapons test site on Moruroa.

4. Critics of Fiji's new constitution says the country's judiciary is easy prey to political influence and amendments are needed to safe-guard it.

5. Fiji New Zealand relations could remain cool for some time to come, despite an easing of Wellington's stance on Suva.

6. People reflecting on the devastating tsunami four years ago [i.e. 29 September 2009], say emotions and memories from that day are still fresh in their minds.

7.The chairperson of Transparency Solomon Islands [i.e. Ruth Liloqula] says many politicians have lost sight of the people who vote for them.