Dateline Pacific for 24 July 2019

An Australian MP has called on his government to accept New Zealand's offer and end indefinite offshore detention; the Cook Islands deputy prime minister says the government has every intention of speaking more with the people of Rarotonga about how to purify the island's water; the Pacific Community's oceans' manager says despite worrying signs, it's not too late to reverse the declining state of the world's oceans; a former Nauru cabinet minister says the rule of law and democracy have been eroded over the past six years of rule by the Waqa/Adeang government; a Fijian opposition MP has put her iconic hairstyle on the block for charity. Lenora Qereqeretabua of the National Federation Party hopes to raise FJ$100,000 for children with cancer.