TAGATA O TE MOANA 21/04/2018

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.

The evacuation of residents on the ash-covered Vanuatu island of Ambae is finally getting underway, as food supplies dwindle and disease starts to spread; new developments announced at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting underline a move by the British government to re-engage with the Pacific; voters in French Polynesia will go to the polls on 22nd April to elect a new 57-member territorial assembly; A family in Fiji's cyclone hit west has next to nothing left after a small creek swelled into a raging torrent during this month's back-to-back cyclones and heavy rain; Fifteen months ago the then New Zealand foreign minister Murray McCully sparked an uproar when he revealed the Tokelau government had bought two helicopters; new Pacific parliamentarians have been in Wellington, New Zealand to gain insights into effectively navigating the Westminster system of government in their respective nations; Samoa believes a strong performance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games can be a launching pad for sport in the country.

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