30 Jan 2017

Dateline Pacific evening edition for 30 January 2017

From , 4:05 pm on 30 January 2017

A refugee detained on Papua New Guineas Manus Island by Australia has escaped to Fiji where he is now seeking asylum; A businessman wants to revive the Russian monarchy - in Kiribati; Preparations for PNG's elections are said to be on track; An isolated Cook Island loses its only doctor; The Pacific's main scientific agency, the Pacific Community, celebrates 70 years of operation.