Dateline Pacific morning edition for 16 February 2018

Tonga's disaster authorities say good progress is being made getting emergency shelter provisions out to more remote villages on Tongatapu after damage from cyclone Gita; RNZ Pacific journalist says the destruction on Tonga's Tongatapu was immediately obvious when he landed; leaders of Melanesian Spearhead Group countries have referred a West Papuan application for full membership of the group to its secretariat for processing, amid concerns that the group is losing sight of its founding principle; This year the University of the South Pacific is marking 50 years operation after being set up by 12 Pacific Island countries back in 1968.