Tagata o te Moana. 2009-06-27

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 Elma Maua and the items are:

The United States lets Indonesia off the hook over Papua;
Fiji lawyers are made to line up for new practising certificates;
The Cook Islands dispel concerns over preparations for the Mini Games in September;
Basic education in Solomon Islands gets a boost;
The labour court in Papeete has dismissed compensation claims by eight former nuclear test site workers;
Guam has unveiled its first locally produced Chamorro-English dictionary;
Niue's Premier Toke Talagi is again critical of New Zealand's support;
Pacific Islands scholar, Professor Ron Crocombe, is laid to rest following a state funeral in the Cook Islands.