Tagata o te Moana. 2009-02-28

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 Don Wiseman and the items are:

Questions over civil unrest in the French Caribbean and whether it will spread to the Pacific;
The Commonwealth puts the focus on Fiji;
Tonga's Government says there is no end in sight to the emergency police powers;
Claims of a cyanide leak at a major mine site in Solomon Islands;
The US Supreme Court hears arguments over whether the state of Hawaii has any right to sell off public lands;
An Indo-Fijan family gets asylum in the US after years of trying;
Tongan women demands that seats in parliament are reserved for them;
Niue is to host its first-ever culture and arts festival this year.