Dateline Pacific for 7 May 2019

Pacific islands are being urged to invest more in teachers to overcome what the World Bank is describing as a crisis in education among developing countries; commemorations have been held in New Caledonia to mark the 30th anniversary of the assassination of the pro-independence leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou; the former Morobe governor Luther Wenge said if Bougainvilleans choose independence the relationship between the two neighbours won't change much; judges ordered publicly funded cultural reports 'in error'; port authority staff in the Cook Islands take part in a training programme to identify and protect against international marine terrorism.