Dateline Pacific for 27 February 2020

A new study has found that the enormous expansion of a marine reserve near Hawaii in 2016 did no harm to the state's fishing industry; the police commander in Papua New Guinea's Enga province is overseeing a new drive to rein in illegal weapons in a region riddled with tribal violence; New Zealand's Prime Minister says she won't be demanding her Australian counterpart do more to fight climate change; veteran Tahiti politician Flosse makes last ditch efforts to rekindle his career; two hard hitting topics in the Pacific, climate change and the 2006 riots in Tonga, are the subjects of two theatre shows in Auckland's Fringe Town festival.