TAGATA O TE MOANA 16/04/2017

A weekly Pacific magazine programme features New Zealand and regional Pacific news, issues, information and music. This programme is also simulcast domestically on Radio New Zealand National.

A chorus of voices on Guam is questioning the governor's decision to withdraw his support for the military build-up; While mulitiple inquiries are still underway into Tokelau's controversial helicopter purchases it has been revealed the aircraft were cleared to land at American Samoa's Swains Island; A controversial visit by Australia's prime minister to Papua New Guinea has shed little light on how the hundreds of refugees stuck on Manus island will be resettled; There's hope the tide is turning on the flow of people leaving Niue for brighter lights, jobs and other opportunities offshore; Reports a gay man in Fiji was told he could not donate blood has sparked debate over whether it's Health Ministry's policies are discriminatory; The International Labour Organisation says entrepreneurship is the solution to the Pacific's youth unemployment crisis; Niuean leaders are calling for locals and Niueans living abroad to fight for the preservation of Niuean language.

From http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/tagata-o-te-moana/audio/201840472/tagata-o-te-moana-for-15-april-2017