Dateline Pacific morning edition 13 June 2018

Tropical cyclones are crawling across the planet at a slower pace than they did decades ago, dragging out and amplifying their devastation; A new contempt of court law in Nauru has been called a 'really disturbing development' by a former resident magistrate on the island; Pacific community reaction to New Zealand government's first budget subdued at a post-budget breakfast in Auckland, and; A West Papua desk has been opened in New Zealand, as a hub for organising events, hosting international guests and raising awareness about issues around independence aspirations of West Papuans and human rights violations in Indonesian ruled Papua.