Dateline Pacific evening edition for 31 January 2014

Lawyer says opposition leader 'elated' by PNG court decision; floodwaters subside in Nadi as authorities praise new systems; Officials are working hard to remove fishing vessel stranded on a reef in Pohnpei; PNG's rapid growth is labelled explosive; French Polynesian health authorities have been fighting two mosquito-borne epidemics at once; and American Samoa wants the federal government to drop the mandated wage hikes.