5 Sep 2018

Dateline Pacific morning edition 5 September 2018

From , 5:06 am on 5 September 2018

TVNZ journalist Barbara Dreaver has been released after being detained by police on Nauru while covering the Pacific Islands Forum summit; as Pacific leaders meet in Nauru, the trauma experienced by refugees detained there has been described in a new report; reports from Nauru say some delegates to the Pacific Islands Forum have been concerned at the way China's visiting diplomats have been treated; a trade union leader in Papua New Guinea is outraged at government plans to give police and soldiers immunity during special operations; New Caledonia poll predicts resounding no to independence from France; An irreverent take on the lives of Pasifika youth has propelled a South Auckland playwright into residency as the inaugural Emerging Pasifika Writer.