Tagata o te Moana. 2009-03-28

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 Megan Whelan and the items are:

Compensation plan for the victims of French nuclear tests;
Fiji's military calls for more balanced reporting, saying one newspaper is non-cooperative and biased;
An unresolved land dispute is at the heart of a deadly tribal clash in PNG's Morobe province;
Opposition to moves to change New Zealand's aid programme;
Efforts in the Pacific to ban the importing of poor quality meats in a bid to improve people's health;
Papua New Guinea's MPs vote to increase their allowances;
Tonga moves to combat lifestyle diseases like diabetes;
Students in Papua New Guinea and New Zealand share experiences.