Tagata o te Moana. 2009-02-07

Tagata o Te Moana is a weekly round up of news from the Pacific from Radio New Zealand International, broadcast on Radio NZ National on Saturdays at 5.30pm. This week's edition is presented by Elma MaUa and the items are:

Emergency relief supplies distributed in flood stricken Solomon Islands northwest Guadalcanal province;
Health issues still plague Fiji after last months devastating floods;
Oscar Temaru could be the next French Polynesia president after a fresh motion of no confidence;
The leaders of Melanesia are expected to hold their own talks on the situation in Fiji;
Some betelnut vendors in Port Moresby are ignoring a new ban on its sale;
Unskilled Papua New Guinea workers will nearly triple their weekly take-home pay;
Tenders are to be called in Solomon Islands for a NZ-funded project to build much needed police housing;
A new online programme is making it easier to report tagged turtles in the Pacific region.