Tagata o te Moana for 9 November 2019

Authorities in Samoa scramble to contain a measles epidemic believed to have killed three people; The Marshall Islands mulls legal action over leaking nuclear waste, while people living near a nickel spill in PNG say it's ruined their livelihoods; Two men have been charged with the killing of a Micronesian attorney general; Tonga announces an inquiry into a controversial development; Fiji cane farmers turn to other crops because of plummeting sugar prices; And, we look at the legacy of blackbirding and slavery in Tokelau.