Tagata o te Moana. 2009-05-09

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 Don Wiseman and the items are:

There is anger in Fiji at the early release of soldiers jailed on manslaughter charges;
The Pacific Islands Forum rejects criticism of its tough stance on Fiji;
New Zealand's closest neighbour, New Caledonia, goes to the polls on Sunday;
American Samoa loses one of its two tuna canneries, Samoa Packing, which employs 2,000 people;
A shortage of drinking water in the southern islands of Kiribati is approaching disaster levels;
The impact of a change in emphasis for New Zealand's aid spending;
A stand-off at a huge gold mine in Papua New Guinea.