TAGATA O TE MOANA 01/06/2019

A weekly Pacific magazine programme featuring New Zealand and regional Pacific news, issues, information and music. This programme is also simulcast domestically on Radio New Zealand National.

Papua New Guinea's prime minister has vowed to reconstruct the nation in his first major speech; Police on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have called for the government to intervene as the number of refugees attempting suicide continues to rise; Rejected claims ignite fresh controversy over French nuclear test compensation; Traditional marine conservation practices in the Pacific could be key to more successful commercial practices; A Fijian family may yet have their day in a European court in what's being seen as a landmark case in the fight against climate change; New Zealand's deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has just completed his second Pacific visit of the year, touting the success of his "Pacific Reset" policy; New Zealand's headline event on the Pacific cultural calendar got underway in Auckland this week.

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