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. The Fiji Labour Party says the government's decision not to make the National Register of Voters public further erodes the integrity of the September general election.
2. The Cook Islands Party has won an absolute majority in the country's elections with its leader Henry Puna also retaining his seat.
3. Just four months out from the general election, Tonga's biggest political party appears to be splintering with four MPs being dropped from the candidates list.
4. Planning for medium to long term recovery and reconstruction in Solomon islands following April's floods has been complicated by the fact that hundreds of people still don't have a home.
5. Solomon Islands has celebrated its 36th anniversary of independence from Britain.
6. A human trafficking report released by the US State department has received little backing from leaders and anti-human trafficking organisations in the Pacific.
7. An environmental agency for the Micronesian state of Yap says it is optimistic a plastic bag ban will have wide-ranging benefits including helping keep its reefs healthy and protecting marine life.
8. A biannual dance workshop in New Zealand aims to attract young Pasifika males into a dance career.
9. The largest sports programme in the history of the Micronesian Games will be on display when the competition gets underway in the Federated States of Micronesia on Monday.