Tagata o te Moana. 2011-10-08. 17:30-18:00.

News from the Pacific presented by Don Wiseman, Radio New Zealand International. In this weeks programme:
There are hopes a much bigger water desalination unit will be in operation in Funafuti by the middle of next week, while other machines are due to arrive in New Zealand for on shipment to drought hit Tokelau; A large number of prominent politicians in French Polynesia are jailed; Questions are being asked in Tonga as to how a man convicted for his role in the Princess Ashika sinking has walked free after only serving a six-month jail term; Concerns about the neglect of core social services are mounting in Papua New Guinea's Southern Highlands province despite booming resource development there; The Secretary General of Amnesty International, Salil Shetty, says much more collective pressure is needed if Fiji is to see a big change in its human rights situation; October is International Breast Cancer Awareness month, In the Pacific region there's more talk than in the past about breast cancer but there are also more women with the condition.