Tagata o te Moana for 17 July 2021

Fiji's health system is starting to crack under the pressure of an escalating Covid-19 crisis, Samoa Court of Appeal holding urgent hearing on multiple defied rulings to convene parliament;Vanuatu's prime minister Bob Loughman and 18 other government MPs have lost an important appeal case; Workers rights advocates in Fiji have labelled the government's Covid-19 response as being "more of a fire brigade approach"; We speak with the secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum about regional crises, Covid-19 and Pacific geopolitics; New study finds Pasifika are three times more likely to be hospitalised for Covid-19 than any other ethnic group in New Zealand;Moana Pasifika has been granted an unconditional licence to join an expanded Super Rugby competition next year.