Tagata o te Moana. 2014-07-12. 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 Prime Minister is showing few signs of giving in to the political storm over a corruption case engulfing his office since the past month.

2. Final results from the Cook Islands elections are still a week away but the caretaker Cook Islands Party is confident, with special votes, that it can retain power.

3. A campaign group says the Papua New Guinea government is going ahead with an experimental new seabed mine without the consent of the people.

4. This year's election in Fiji will be challenging, but the real test may be a further four years away.

5. A French Polynesia appeals court has dropped murder charges against two men linked to the disappearance of journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud in 1997.

6. A group of New Zealand MPs are calling for Pacific governments to urgently invest in sexual and reproductive health, particularly family planning.

7. There are fears that the Motu language, one of the official languages of Papua New Guinea, could become extinct in 50 to 60 years.

8. The Solomon Islands Ministry of Health says it is declaring the Honiara Central Market healthy as it moves to ban the sale and use of tobacco, betel nut and alcohol.

9. Fiji's late Catholic bishop Petero Mataca was laid to rest on Friday in a funeral that drew many admirers to the capital to pay their respects.