Tagata o te Moana. 2014-09-27. 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. Fiji's Frank Bainimarama declared an election victory this week, saying he is now the Prime Minister of all Fijians.

2. Pacific representatives are among those calling for action from the hundreds of world leaders meeting at the UN summit on Climate Change in New York.

3. The conviction last week of a Papua New Guinea MP for misuse of public funds may point to a much bigger problem with corruption.

4. Refugee advocates in Australia are labelling new legislation that re-introduces temporary protection visas for people awarded refugee status as a shameful capitulation.

5. Solomon Islands is getting closer to its national elections planned for late November or early December.

6. Deaf associations around the Pacific are gathering together with the World Federation of the Deaf to celebrate International Week of the Deaf.