Tagata o te Moana. 2013-10-26. 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. A budding young female politician in Fiji has received rape threats after deciding to throw her hat in the ring for elections next year.

2. United States military plans to double the size of the Micronesian area used for training and weapons testing have met with opposition from a group on Guam.

3. Amnesty International Australia says asylum seekers who were recognised as refugees at the Nauru processing centre months ago are still being detained there.

4. The Greens in French Polynesia are urging Paris to give information about the risks of Moruroa Atoll collapsing.

5. The tuna industry in the Pacific is not meeting its target to reduce catches, and leaders say there must be an agreement this year on new quotas.

6. The New Zealand Governor General, Lieutenant General, Sir Jerry Mateparae briefly visited the Cook Islands this week, in which was his first official trip to the country in that role.