Tagata o Te Moana for 29 August 2015

The effects of an El Nino drought felt across Melanesiap; Pacific buffered from falling Chinese markets; Solomons' close to having timber audit system; plans to repeal Cooks anti-homosexual laws cause concern; Bougainvilleans are this weekend focussing on those people still missing since the civil war which ended 18 years ago; Expert says "game-changing" Indian summit aimed at securing region's support at UN; and a recent high school service trip to Fijian village Wailoku has capped off a five year relationship between the village and Auckland's Diocesan School for Girls.