Dateline Pacific evening edition for 23 March 2018

Tahiti's Flosse fails in bid to stand in next month's election; a third of all health facilities in Papua New Guinea's provinces of Southern Highlands and Hela have closed as a result of last month's major earthquake disaster; French Polynesia's stalled pension reform has shaken the political landscape just weeks out from the territorial election; The Vanuatu Disaster Management Officer on Malekula says most people affected by Tropical Cyclone Hola have not received any relief supplies and are now resorting to stealing food; Deadly crocodile attacks are a persistent problem in Papua New Guinea's northernmost province of Manus; a waste solution machine is looking to head to remote communities in Vanuatu to tackle the issue of plastic waste pollution.