Tagata o te Moana. 2009-04-11

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 President abrogates the constitution, and plans to appoint a five-year interim government;
The UN reconsiders being involved in Fiji's political dialogue after some parties are excluded;
The alliance between two of French Polynesia's political leaders collapses;
Violence mars polling day for Indonesian parliamentary elections in the remote Papua region;
An acid leak in New Caledonia enrages environmentalists;
The Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister resolves a long-running dispute over Manihiki Island's airport;
The Marshall Islands Government faces a vote of no confidence;
And a Swiss couple hold the Guinness World Record for the longest driven journey on their arrival in Samoa.