16 Apr 2019

Dateline Pacific for 16 April 2019

From , 3:05 pm on 16 April 2019

Papua New Guinea's government is under pressure over its handling of the country's burgeoning gas sector; A human rights lawyer in Fiji says the detention of three New Zealand journalists two weeks ago has highlighted the incidence of unlawful detention in Fiji; A Papua New Guinea hospital has been shut down by its staff, who are protesting their lack of safety; The head of the Health Promotion Forum in New Zealand says a recent global conference has heard personal health must be seen in context of the planet's health; Well know former Pacific journalist Sean Dorney has given his name to a new grant to encourage more Pacific news stories to be told in Australia.