TAGATA O TE MOANA 15/07/2017

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.

Leading players in Papua New Guinea's fluid political landscape are setting up camps in the hope of forming the next government; A New Zealand academic says the World Heritage listing of Taputapuatea marae in French Polynesia is a recognition of the sea-faring history that exists in the region; The Cook Islands parliament has now formally established its Marae Moana - one of the biggest marine reserve areas in the world; Bikini Atoll could yield cancer insights; There is a renewed call for the better protection for fishing observers in the Pacific after a Papua New Guinean man went missing while monitoring a vessel in Nauru waters; New surcharge on plastic bag use at service station convenience stores from August; Tokelau's director of energy says, along with solar and wind power, biogas could move the country's renewable power generation beyond the desired 100%; The rapid growth of a Pasifika cultural performance festival just north of Wellington, is seen as important in the struggle for New Zealand's Pacific youth to find a sense of belonging.

From: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/tagata-o-te-moana/audio/201851210/tagata-o-te-moana-for-15-july-2017