Tagata o te Moana. 2012-06-23. 17:30-18:00.

News from the Pacific presented by Don Wiseman, Radio New Zealand International. Programme content provided by broadcaster.

In this weeks programme:
An election called the most crucial in Papua New Guinea's history gets underway today; we look at the startling French Pacific results in France's National Assembly elections; The Fiji regime's efforts to take ethnicity out of the electoral system; in Tonga a vote of no confidence in the government is on the cards for next week; There is optimism in Vanuatu that Europe's ban on kava since 2002 will be overturned following last week's meeting between African, Caribbean, and Pacific ministers and EU ministers in Port Vila; Funding for emergency medical evacuation flights from Niue has been cut; and The New Zealand body, Volunteer Service Abroad, says it is delighted the Government has made a three year funding commitment for the first time.