Dateline Pacific evening edition for 2 May 2018

The PNG government defends the LNG project following a damning report about the inititiave; The French president makes his first visit to New Caledonia; A NZ military man's body is brought back from American Samoa; Run-off Tahiti elections clouded by claims of foul play; Experts say the vessel at the centre of the Kiribati ferry diaster didn't comply with its own safety plan; Unity on display at Micronesian leaders summit.