Dateline Pacific evening edition for 23 January 2017

The PNG govt is warned a major security operation in the highlands is not a long-term solution; There are claims in Guam that the Catholic Church is rewarding a priest who protected an Archbishop; Tahiti is entertaining the notion of a floating village to test technology for a better ocean; There has been an "Explosion" of internet activity in Marshall Islands after a three-week blackout; And new research in NZ shows cultural practices could influence sugar intake.