Tagata o te Moana for 8 June 2019

Papua New Guinea's prime minister has vowed to reconstruct the nation in his first major speech; Police on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have called for the government to intervene as the number of refugees attempting suicide continues to rise; Rejected claims ignite fresh controversy over French nuclear test compensation; Traditional marine conservation practices in the Pacific could be key to more successful commercial practices; A Fijian family may yet have their day in a European court in what's being seen as a landmark case in the fight against climate change; New Zealand's deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has just completed his second Pacific visit of the year, touting the success of his "Pacific Reset" policy; New Zealand's headline event on the Pacific cultural calendar got underway in Auckland this week.