Tagata o te Moana for 9 February 2019

Sea-level rise and how the Pacific maybe disproportiantely affected, outcry over environmental damage in Fiji, questions in Tonga as to how the country was plunged into the pre-internet age, and backlash at the sacking of a village mayor by Samoa's government, Strategic plans are being developed to improve the lot of Pacific people in New Zealand, PNG leaders ponder future energy generation options, French citizens in the Pacific are part of the president Macron's crisis talks, Tokelau leaders travel thousands of kilometres to their closest high court this week, and the spectre of renewed large scale mining in Bougainville meets with community outrage.