3 Nov 2016

Tagata o te Moana for 3 December 2016

From Tagata o te Moana, 7:10 am on 3 November 2016

It's ten years since the then head of Fiji's military Frank Bainimarama seized power in Fiji in the country's fourth coup in 20 years; More mass arrests at West Papuan demonstrations are clouding Indonesian government claims that it is trusted by indigenous people of Papua region; An Amnesty International researcher, who was recently in Nauru, says she cannot believe the Australian attitude to the asylum seekers and refugees; Almost a week after its glamorous launch, there's little sign of a new mobile app hailed by Fiji's government as a 'multi-billion dollar venture,' but dismissed many others as a con; Efforts are being made to get more Pasifika people working in New Zealand's public sector. Kiribati is making slow but steady progress towards effectively preventing cervical cancer.