Dateline Pacific morning edition for 8 November 2017

Refugees detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island say they are not surprised by the PNG supreme court's decision not to order the restoration of vital services to the detention centre; The preservation and promotion of Pacific languages is a priority for New Zealand's new Minister for Pacific Peoples, it's top of his five-point plan; Immigration officials in New Zealand are being warned there'll be more overstayers if the department doesn't reverse its decision to close public counters and to make people apply for visas online; Transparency Solomon Islands is adamant the Sogavare government's ousting was to do with anti-corruption legislation; the New Zealand prime minsiter is refusing to side step Australia when it comes to Manus island detainees; stolen tins of canned corned beef are being for traded for drugs in Hawaii.