Tagata o te Moana. 2009-04-18

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 begins to restore positions and institutions thrown out when the President abrogated the constitution;
An Indo-Fijian academic and one of the architects of Fiji's 1997 Constitution, Dr Brij Lal, says a form of militarised democracy is being established in Fiji;
Ongoing violence in the Indonesian region of Papua is linked to Indonesia's legislative elections;
A survey blames New Caledonia's protectionist economy for its high cost of living;
A New Zealand engineer plans to build a World War 2 museum in Vanuatu;
After a 200 year ban, alcohol flows freely again on Pitcairn Island;
Unicef asks New Zealanders to pick up knitting needles to raise awareness about Aids;
And Niueans from New Zealand demonstrate their dance skills to the island's residents.