Tagata o te Moana. 2015-01-24. 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. A protest by asylum seekers at Australia's detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island is threatening to spiral into a repeat of last year's deadly clashes.

2. A legal expert [i.e. Bill Hodge] says an apparent abuse of power by Fiji's Attorney-General over media rights to last year's Rugby Sevens should be investigated.

3. Fresh calls have been made in Fiji to change the country's media laws, now that a democracy is in place.

4. Members of the Democratic Party executive in the Cook Islands say they are likely to hold an urgent party conference to clarify their leadership and political partner.

5. Kiribati has had its human rights reviewed by the United Nations, highlighting a number of areas of concern.

6. Tongan businesses say they are worried about Air New Zealand's plans to phase out the Boeing 767-300 planes on the Tonga to New Zealand route.

7. A smartphone application [i.e. Fa'a Samoa] designed to foster and grow the use of the Samoan language has extended its reach.