TAGATA O TE MOANA 26/08/2017

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.

Tonga's King Tuupou VI has dissolved parliament and called for fresh elections to be held by November 16th this year; As Yazaki winds down its operation in Samoa, a union is working to ensure employees receive all entitlements and new opportunities; Anti-nuclear and climate change activists have paid tribute to a man descirbed as a giant of history and an elegant climate warrior; A New Zealand Catholic lay missionary working in Papua New Guinea says he wants to raise concerns about the country's deportation process; The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry is calling on the government to quickly resolve issues delaying the construction of a high speed internet cable for the country; Samoa's prime minister backs village councils in a move to stop direct foreign-owned competition with local small businesses; A virtual climate centre for the Pacific could be operating by the end of the year giving local weather forecasters easy access to regional information; A group of New Zealand-born Pacific artists are challenging stereotypes at an exhibition which opens in Hamilton this week.

From: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/tagata-o-te-moana/audio/201856175/tagata-o-te-moana-for-26-august-2017