Tagata o te Moana. 2009-08-08

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:

Questions are raised about maritime safety in Tonga and the rest of the Pacific following this week's ferry tragedy;
Pacific leaders vote to go ahead with negotiations on a free trade deal that may herald a Pacific common market;
Angry reaction from climate campaigners to the Forum leaders' response to the call for tough action on global warming;
An uneasy truce between unionists and police in New Caledonia;
The second most senior politician in the Northern Marianas is jailed on fraud charges;
Guam is worried about the environmental impact of thousands of US soldiers about to be relocated from Okinawa, Japan, to the island;
And the dangers posed in Papaua New Guinea to Kokoda Track porters asked to carry too much.