Tagata o te Moana. 2015-06-13. 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. Vanuatu has a new look government after prime minister Joe Natuman was ousted in motion of no-confidence on Thursday.

2. A geopolitical storm is coming to a head in the Melanesian Spearhead Group. The Pacific islands sub-regional organisation is considering a membership bid by West Papuans of Indonesia.

3. A regional security academic [i.e. Paul Sinclair] says New Zealand should support its Pacific neighbours but be wary of support for the current Fiji military system.

4. There are mixed messages from Indonesia's Government about the future of the controversial transmigration policy in Papua.

5. An Australian senate inquiry into serious allegations and conditions at the Nauru detention centre has heard medical staff were told not to report psychological health problems suffered by asylum seekers.

6. The acting Electoral Commissioner in Bougainville, George Manu, says he is satisfied with the way the recent election has been conducted.