4 Jul 2018

Dateline Pacific morning edition for 4 July 2018

From , 5:06 am on 4 July 2018

Indonesia's Papua has been described as a human rights "black hole"; Nauru has banned Australia's public broadcaster from attending this year's Pacific Islands Forum; A social media campaign alleging corruption against two Papua New Guinea daily newspapers has been criticised by the PNG Media Council; Violent unrest in PNG's Hela and Southern highlands could be spreading to other provinces; Tonga is invited to the Rim of the Pacific naval exercise but China is excluded, and; A Tongan carver has contributed to a Matariki carving symposium in New Zealand.