Tagata o te Moana. 2009-03-07

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 Megan Whelan and the items are:

Fiji's interim leader says he won't be rushed into elections yet again;
Samoa's leader says Fiji is operating under the "rule of the jungle";
A spat in the Cook Islands, between its Treasury and government agencies;
Debate continues in Tonga over political reform, and the timetable for it;
Hopes that the Apia-based Oceania University of Medicine may soon expand;
Concern that France may soon ship recycled nuclear fuel to Japan through Pacific waters;
The Cook Islands government investigates the finances of the company in charge of September's Pacific Mini Games;
Six artists from New Caledonia, are exhibiting their work at an Auckland gallery.