Tagata o te Moana. 2014-05-10. 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. Save the Children in Solomon Islands says the country is still trying to recover from the worst disaster it's ever faced from April's flooding and more funding is desperately needed for relief supplies.

2. Voters in New Caledonia will go to the polls on Sunday in an election crucial for a possible series of three independence referenda.

3. There's mounting criticism from Fiji's political parties that double standards are at play in the run up to the election.

4. Members of the Fiji media have marked Media Freedom Day in a discussion on censorship, reporting bias, government decrees limiting the media and other issues.

5. Tuvalu is moving on with its mission to clean up Funafuti atoll with help from the European Union and New Zealand.

6. The Tonga Defence Services has marked the end of a nearly 4 year deployment to Afghanistan but questions are being asked about what the army will do now.

7. A widening division between Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister and the leader of one of his coalition partners has deteriorated into an issue over seating in parliament.

8. The creation of New Caledonia's new marine park has been embraced by environmentalists but its fishing restrictions are yet to be set.