Dateline Pacific morning edition for 16 May 2018

Fiji's first coup leader is promising to restore democratic freedoms to the country if elected prime minister; a Vanuatu cabinet minister says his government remains fully committed to creating reserved seats for women in parliament; Fiji's government seeks expressions of interest from international private hospital operators to help it upgrade and run the Ba and Lautoka hospitals; the lawyer representing the former vice-chancellor of Papua New Guinea's Unitech says it's strange his client has to produce his original PhD certificate; the New Zealand government has commissioned a feasibility study on establishing a Super Rugby team in the Pacific.