Dateline Pacific evening edition for 16 December 2015

Vanuatu's opposition may appeal a court ruling but it is also focussing on next month's election; Legal advice being sought after Fiji AG stops inquiry; An Australian academic says food shortages from the drought in Papua New Guinea are now affecting half a million; Last week's Pacific Tuna Commission meeting in Bali is seen as helpful despite criticism; A New Zealand study into the effects of kava on driving ability is commissioned.