Dateline Pacific evening edition for 5 July 2013

Former US official recalls Biak Massacre in West Papua; new debate in Papua about just which organisations represent the indigenous Melanesian population; the first of Nauru's asylum seekers should find out about their refugees status in the next two weeks; improvements at Samoa hospital reduce need for overseas referrals; greater protecttions for the rights of women and children in Hawaii; and the second woman in Vanuatu to achieve a PHD speaks of her aims.