TAGATA O TE MOANA 27/05/2017

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.

Four Nepalese men are stuck on a rickety boat in the Federated States of Micronesia nearly a year after they were given refugee status; Papua New Guinea's police force is feeling the pinch with manpower and capacity shortcomings as it confronts major security challenges; Pacific researchers have joined together to produce the first framework aimed at preventing Tongan youth in New Zealand committing suicide; Men detained by Australia on Manus Island say they requested asylum from New Zealand as its not safe to settle in Papua New Guinea; It's almost one year since Australia unilaterally removed Norfolk Island's autonomy and replaced it with a regional council under the control of New South Wales; Samoans living in New Zealand continue to practice many of their cultural traditions but not without challenges; A French Polynesian environmentalist helping the proponents of a floating island in the territory says it's likely to mean little harm to the environment; The Tongan Olympic Committee says the government's decision to withdraw its support for hosting the 2019 Pacific Games doesn't add up.