Dateline Pacific evening edition for 7 March 2019

Landowners, mining company RTG, meet with the Autonomous Bougainville Government to discuss proposal to re-open and develop the Panguna mine; Vanuatu is calling for France to apologise over the latest French naval visit to the disputed Matthew and Hunter Islands; Vanuatu's president appears to be relenting to pressure and looks set to pardon 14 former MPs who were convicted and jailed for corruption in 2016; Kiribati's first digital television station is now beaming local content into hundreds of South Tarawa houses but it faces environmental and cultural challenges to continue its efforts; Boycotting UPNG lecturers don't know the full story, the interim chancellor says.