Dateline Pacific evening edition for 26 October 2018

Fiji's Sitiveni Rabuka has been acquitted of electoral fraud leaving the way open for him to contest the election less than three weeks away; Tahiti's Pouvanaa a Oopa rehabilitated 41 years after his death; Fiji says it will use its seat on the UN Human Rights Council to pursue climate justice, the rights of children and gender equality, especially within the Pacific; New Zealand's government has defended giving Papua New Guinea 15 million dollars to help it host the APEC leaders summit; As New Zealand hails its ratification of the PACER Plus trade agreement, there are claims that Pacific countries are set to lose out; Government, community and business leaders from the Pacific are meeting in Wellington next week to try to 'reset' the relatonship between New Zealand and the Pacific.