25 Aug 2015
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 25 August 2015
The new owner of the Gold Ridge mine in Solomon Islands accuses the previous owner of leaving behind an environmental disaster; two Solomon Islands fishermen are rescued in Bougainville after three weeks adrift at sea; questions arise about the Cook Islands prime minister's claims about depopulation; Australia's highest court will consider the constitutionality of the government's offshore detention of asylum seekers; a ruling to protect the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal; and an historic agreement is signed between the Samoa Rugby Union and Players' Association.