TAGATA O TE MOANA 19/05/2018

Tagata o te Moana for 19 May 2018

New Zealand's associate finance minister, Shane Jones, says closely failed states in the Pacific have become gateways for shipping methamphetamine and other drugs into this country, but his comments have not gone down universally well in Tonga, a country he singled out for the problem; An academic who was part of a Nobel Prize-winning campaign for a treaty against nuclear weapons says more needs to be done to help those dealing with the lingering effects of nuclear weapons testing; Questions are being asked about the level of commitment the New Zealand government is showing to the mental health of its Pasifika community; Fiji's government is seeking expressions of interest from international private hospital operators to help it upgrade and operate the Ba and Lautoka hospitals; Amnesty International says Australia has drastically reduced healthcare for refugees it detains in Papua New Guinea; A Tongan New Zealand member of parliament is vowing to fight on to have MP's oaths of allegiance to the crown recognised in their mother tongues; The New Zealand government has commissioned a feasibility study on establishing a Super Rugby team in the Pacific.

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