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News from the Pacific presented by Don Wiseman, Radio New Zealand International. In this weeks programme:
A leading Opposition MP in Papua New Guinea stands by his claim that the government has been considering dumping the chief justice; What's going on with New Zealand aid to Tonga; A man who was briefly Fiji's prime minister dies; We look at the water and sanitation issues in overcrowded Tarawa in Kiribati; Tokelau's government is seeking donor assistance for domestic and public water tanks to help it cope better with future droughts; The Director of the UN Population Fund in the Pacific, Dirk Jena (di-rik ye-na) says there needs to be better engagement with church and village leaders in the region to get the message of family planning across; American Samoa's representative in the United States Congress, says there'll be some difficult times ahead in the coming weeks in Indonesia's Papua region; Pacific Island governments are being urged to place more focus on preparing for possible shipping-related environmental catastrophes;