Dateline Pacific evening edition for 18 May 2017

Pacific games council confused and dissappointed by Tongan government's withdrawal from 2019 Pacific Games; Leaked documents show conditions at Australia's Manus detention centre were deliberately degraded to make refugees leave; And we talk to one of the scientists who found the worst case of plastic pollution in the world on a remote Pacific Island; Watchdog group in PNG hopes to extend civics education; And their are calls for more public support for Pacific Music in Aotearoa New Zealand.