Dateline Pacific morning edition for 22 December 2017

An Australian submarine missing since the early days of World War One has been found this week; a senior government minister in Tonga's Democratic Party government is expecting many challenges in the upcoming term; the One Planet Summit, which took place in Paris last week, has released its 12 financial commitments, some of which will benefit the Pacific; a prominent broadcaster in the region says the exploits of Tongans around the world is the sporting highlight of the year; Papua New Guinea lawyer Paul Paraka insists that fraud charges against him are baseless. Mr Paraka is at the centre of a fraud case regarding alleged illegal state payments of US$30 million to his law firm which has engulfed the highest levels of government.