Dateline Pacific evening edition for 22 March 2017

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre is calling on people to show empathy and to have the courage to intervene when they see acts of domestic violence; A book by a Harvard Science Professor is helping spark interest in the traditional Marshallese navigation technique of wave piloting; Niue's leader for the past nine years, Toke Talagi, has received his knighthood from New Zealand's Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy; A regionwide surveillance operation nets illegal fishing boats; A barrier installed at the Manus Island detention centre could be tantamount to torture.