Tagata o te Moana. 2008-03-29. 17:30-18:00.

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2008
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36571
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Pacific Island radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:30:00
Broadcast Date
29 Mar 2008
Credits
RNZ Collection
Wiseman, Don, Presenter
Radio New Zealand International, Producer
Radio New Zealand National, Broadcaster

This week's edition includes:
At a meeting in Auckland on Wednesday, Pacific Foreign Ministers voiced concern about the lack of progress towards elections by the interim Fiji government, and have set up a ministerial contact group to hasten the work;
The Cook Islands Bakery Association is calling on the government to subsidise locally baked bread as some supermakets move to start importing cheaper New Zealand bread;
There are few fears that the expected deployment of Papua New Guinea Defence
Forces as UN peacekeepers next year, will lead to a Fiji-style militarisation of society;
The Solomon Islands parliament has been debating the 2008 budget tabled this week;
Fiji's interim Cabinet has agreed to restore the remaining 4 per cent that was cut from the pay of public servants last year;
A Cook Islands school teacher is starting a petition to stop the wearing of helmets by motorcyclists becoming compulsory;
A worldwide spike in the prices of rice could soon affect the Pacific region where rice has become a staple food for many people.