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News from the Pacific presented by Don Wiseman, Radio New Zealand International. In this weeks programme:
A policeman in American Samoa is shot dead; Anger at thhe way the Papua New Guinea Government is using public money to shore up its support; Fiji trumpets its Engaging the Pacific meeting as a major success; Kiribati's struggle to improve maritime safety; The United Nations has told the Papua New Guinea Government it needs to change its constitution and other laws to help combat violence and discrimination against women; A union in New Zealand wants more protection for Pacific workers involved in this country's Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme; There's disappointment in Solomon Islands that the number of women candidates contesting this year's national election has not increased from the last, but there are hopes some strong women may make it to parliament; An atoll rendered uninhabitable by nuclear testing is among this year's list of sites bidding for World heritage status; A Pacific Art historian says the films of the Twilight Saga enforce racial stereotypes with the werewolves representing noble savages while the vampires are well heeled Europeans;