Tagata o te Moana. 2009-05-30

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:

Efforts to ease tensions in Papua New Guinea after anti Asian rioting;
New Caledonia's police use tear gas to combat union action at an airport in Noumea;
Widespread concern at the Fiji military regime's latest curbs on the independence of the judiciary;
In Solomon Islands, former militants get their say on the Regional Assistance Mission;
Pacific Leaders, but not those from Fiji, meet in Japan;
A push to get more women in Parliament in the Cook Islands;
The Samoan language is being celebrated nationwide in New Zealand this week;
Fiji tapa is on display at Pataka Museum in Porirua;
New Zealand Hip Hop group Nesian Mystik has dominated at this year's Pacific Music Awards in Auckland.