Dateline Pacific for 17 July 2019

Environmental groups speak out about ocean floor mining and call for a 20 year moratorium; New research shows radioactivity still persists in parts of the Marshall Islands from nuclear testing in the 1940s and 50s; The Cook Islands prime minister says there's plenty on offer in the country's fledgling friendship with Indonesia, and; Tonga's National Olympic Committee, or TASANOC, tass-a-knock says it verbally expressed an interest in hosting the 2027 Pacific Games but nothing has been agreed to officially.