17 Mar 2017

Dateline Pacific morning edition for 17 March 2017

From , 6:06 am on 17 March 2017

Tonga's Prime Minister has courted controversy with comments about the state broadcaster escalating tension between the two sides; Human rights campaigners in Papua New Guinea are praying that Canada's PM appoints an ombudsman who can monitor PNG's mining sector; HIV problem creeps up on PNG; The founder of Tahiti-Pacifique monthly magazine dies aged 73; A lawyer says Iranian non-refugees on Manus can't be deported; PNG cricket captain relishes chance alongside legends.