Dateline Pacific evening edition for 13 April 2018

A woman and her son survived Fiji's treacherous floods this week floating on a bed as it rose to within inches of the ceiling in their home; New Zealand is looking to provide more immediate aid and long term help to Fiji after it was struck by two cyclones and heavy rain in less than two weeks; people have paid their last respects at the state funeral for former Samoan MP, Tuiloma Pule Lameko Gae'e in Samoa; Tonga's Prime Minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, has fired the Minister for Internal Affairs 'Akosita Lavulavu; Samoa village payments for customary land lease queried on how it got distributed; concerns in the Cook Islands over domestic assault charges against a police being dropped; Vanuatu's beach volleyball "super-mums" hope their Commonwealth Games success can inspire other mothers to give sport a go.