Tagata o te Moana. 2008-04-12. 17:30-18:00.

Items include:
Tonga Broadcasting uses well-connected amateurs to host political programmes because it says its journalists are not up to the task;
A compensation hearing for French nuclear test victims is deferred again;
The Papuan self determination movement forms a united front;
French Polynesia's weeks old government could be voted out of office next week;
A political deadlock continues in Nauru;
Tourism figures in the region for last year show an uneven picture;
The sale of copra is yielding good returns;
Visiting Samoan Parliamentarians say the unruly behaviour in the NZ parliament could not be tolerated in Samoa.