Tagata o te Moana. 2002-02-09

National Radio, 4-5pm, Saturday 9.2.02.
4pm News and Weather
Tagata o te moana, presented by Anita Purcell:
Programme rundown.
A Sydney Morning Herald journalist annoys the Papua New Guinea government with a story about the Manus Island detention centre where he says inmates have attempted suicide and have suffered myriad problems.
A Melbourne lawyer, Eric Vidalis, plans to sue the Australian government over "the Pacific solution".
The new Solomon Islands government is praised for its efforts to revive the economy but not so for its hands-off approach to law and order issues. Don Wiseman reports on the problems, including allegations of extortion by a cabinet minister and criminals in the government.
A roundup of other Pacific news: Comment from Solomon Islands foreign minister after an attack by Bougainville rebels on Gizo police station; an Amnesty International worker asked by Indonesian government to leave Papua province says it was a misunderstanding; Cook Islands politics; Fiji politics; New Caledonian Kanak man dies in confrontation with Wallis and Futuna Islanders.
Pacific Money Matters.
Pacific Sport.
The governor of Bougainville talks about the near-collapse of the island's infrastructure, and his mission to raise money internationally.
A professor of journalism in Hawaii takes the New York Times to task over what she says was years of misreporting the number of US nuclear tests in the Pacific.
5pm News Bulletin with summary of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City.