Dateline Pacific morning edition for 23 August 2018

Helen Clark is urging political parties in Solomon Islands to support women planning to contest both the national and provincial elections next year; an MP in the autonomous Bougainville parliament says Australian aid to the region is being used to jockey for position ahead of the vote on possible independence; new fellowship funding focuses on Pacific histories; Fiji's largest church reaches out to Indo-Fijian membership; $US2m boost for human rights work in Pacific.