TAGATA O TE MOANA 23/11/2019

A weekly Pacific magazine programme featuring New Zealand and regional Pacific news, issues, information and music. This programme is also simulcast domestically on Radio New Zealand National.

The caretaker president of the Marshall Islands says it's unconscionable that the United States kept secret key information about its nuclear tests for decades; As Bougainville holds its self-determination referendum, the mine that sparked its bloody civil war is seen as the key to potential independence from Papua New Guinea; A fundraiser has been launched in New Zealand to help families affected by the measles epidemic; Vanuatu's government is backtracking on a controversial immigration policy that would racially profile Middle East visitors; Tahiti's OPT case abandoned as statute of limitations applies, and; Tatau: Samoan Tattooing and Photography presents the work of Mark Adams, Greg Semu, John Agcaoili and Angela Tiatia who have been documenting the practice over the past 40 years.

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