Tagata o te Moana. 2009-03-21

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 Johnny Blades and the items are:

Political leaders in Fiji are optimistic of finding a way forward;
Reaction to the sentencing of 8 Fiji soldiers and a policeman over the death of a 19-year-old in 2007;
The number of people in the region suffering from dengue fever continues to climb;
More Pacific women are being enslaved in the sex industry;
PNG's maternal mortality rates appear to be getting worse not better;
The government in Samoa is challenging locals to take their health into their own hands;
The Polyfest Pacific Arts and Cultural competition in Manukau;
And a film about a Marshall Islands boy put under a black magic spell.