Tagata o te Moana for 4 March 2017

Solomon Islands police are to be armed for the first time in 14 years; The UN is urged to investigate West Papua's human rights situation; Papua New Guinea's Govt is advised to seek help from the IMF; French Polynesia's OscarTemaru secures support to contest the French presidential election; The United Nations declares 'war' on ocean plastic; A Hawaiian Voyager Hokule'a spreads conservation message in Rapa Nui ;And in sport pressure is mounting on the Samoa govt to reward the country's first ever olympic medalist