Dateline Pacific evening edition for 16 February 2018

Tongans maintain high spirits despite cyclone struggles; Flooding main area of cyclone damage in Samoa; Indonesia says the West Papuan bid to be a full member in the Melanesian Spearhead Group is at a dead end; BCL issues legal challenge over cancelled Bougainville licence; This year the University of the South Pacific is marking 50 years operation after being set up by 12 Pacific Island countries back in 1968.