Tagata o te Moana for 12 September 2020

Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mataafa has resigned from Cabinet; Pacific health leaders warn Covid-19 frontliners are risking life and limb on the job; Life with covid-19 in the community in French Polynesia; Tongan communities in NZ acknowledge language theme during Covid-19; Pasifika opera singers take up training with the New York Met; Rising seas destroy houses on PNG's south coast; NZ aid urged to de-emphasize scholarships in education programme.