Tagata o te Moana. 2009-05-16

Tagata o Te Moana is a weekly round up of news from the Pacific from Radio New Zealand International, broadcast on Radio New Zealand National on Saturdays at 5.30pm. This week's edition is presented by Don Wiseman and the items are:

Opposition in Papua New Guinea to what some say is growing Asian dominance in the country;
Fiji's isolation is growing while the military regime makes plans to harness the media for propaganda purposes;
Islam is making a mark in Solomon Islands and some people are not happy;
Vanuatu's One Small Bag, Wan Smolbag Theatre, celebrates 20 years in business;
Calls in Papua New Guinea to acknowledge poverty and hunger;
Pacific churches join the opposition to changes at NZAID, New Zealand Agency for International Development, while the New Zealand Government promises key programmes will continue under the changes;
Trade Aid re-establishes its Pacific links in recent years;
Knitters in New Zealand go to work in aid of HIV sufferers in Papua New Guinea.