Dateline Pacific morning edition for 23 August 2017

Samoa's Prime Minister has ended the weekly police media briefings because of the negative light the media shone on the country; a Pacific business leader in New Zealand says Pasifika people don't realise the power of their vote under the country's proportional voting system; a New Zealand Catholic lay missionary working in Papua New Guinea says he wants to raise concerns about the country's deportation process; the chair of the Solomon Islands' Chamber of Commerce and Industry is calling on government and the public sector to focus on creating 10,000 new jobs every year, and The Papua New Guinea Hunters have wrapped up top spot in the Intrust Super Cup regular season.