Dateline Pacific evening edition for 25 June 2013

The Solomon Islands government defends its new law to distribute public funds through individual constituency offices; A meeting this week will try and progress Pacific negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU; Samoa's women get guaranteed parliamentary seats; Solar power systems are to be installed in the northern Cooks; We hear about a new, faster method of describing species threatened by the loss of their habitat; and the SPC and the IUCN join forces.