Dateline Pacific evening edition for 19 October 2016

The controversial Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Cook Islands has been formally adopted; The Cook Islands environmental group Te Ipukarea is furious the government has gone ahead and formalised a fishing deal with the European Union; Out of season high tides damage seawalls and flood backyards in the Marshall Islands; Amnesty International says New Zealanders want this country to speak out of Nauru detention camps abuses. Whale song and the ukulele are featured in this weekend's ukulele Festival of Niue.