Tagata o te Moana. 2011-07-09. 17:30-18:00.

News from the Pacific presented by Don Wiseman, Radio New Zealand International. In this weeks programme:

We look at the embattled Papua New Guinea government; There's a call for more of New Zealand's foreign aid to go towards family planning in Solomon Islands; France Polynesia commemorates the start of Frances bomb tests in the region; We hear the concerns of pension fund members in Fiji, denied details about the state of the provident fund; New Zealand government MP, Dr Jackie Blue, says a multi faceted approach is needed to improve the state of maternal health in Solomon Islands; The police in the autonomous Papua New Guinea province of Bougainville are to carry guns for the first time since being granted autonomy, as the administration struggles to overcome a militant faction in the south of the main island; A workshop involving communities around Panguna in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville has concluded there'll be no green light for more mining until there's been reconciliation and development in the villages around the mine; The police in Samoa say they will now take a tougher line against students involved in brawls; There's disappointment in Vanuatu at the light sentence given to a government minister for his role in the assault of the publisher of the Daily Post newspaper, Marc Neil-Jones, in March; A Japanese survey published this week has revealed a wealth of rare earth minerals deep in the seabed of the Pacific ocean; and Pacific countries are still scrambling to boost their Rugby World Cup funds two months out from the tournament's opening game