Tagata o te Moana. 2013-11-16. 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 police have confirmed a hand grenade was used during a tribal fight in Southern Highlands early on Monday morning in which 14 people died.

2. A professor of economics in Fiji says the challenge for the country is spurring real growth in the economy for the long-term.

3. The Papua New Guinea prime minister has been likened to Robert Mugabe by a former Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Sustainable Development Programme.

4. Several United Nations agencies are combining skills for a new initiative addressing the impacts of climate change in the Pacific.

5. Efforts in Papua New Guinea to outlaw polygamy are continuing despite the practice showing no signs of losing popularity.

6. The Minister of Agriculture in the Cook islands says growing organic produce is the way of the future.

7. A resort owner and board member of the Tonga Tourism Authority says the New Zealand travel advisory to tourists is needlessly ruining businesses in Vava'u.

8. New Zealand's most famous piano mover and former Manu Samoa captain, Papali'itele Peter Fatialofa, was laid to rest in south Auckland on Wednesday.