Tagata o Te Moana for 1 November 2025

Coming up in Tagata o te Moana this week: The chair of a group advising the New Zealand government on organised crime says Pacific countries are at risk of becoming "narco-states". Health experts are warning that Fiji's rapidly rising HIV infections could spread across the Pacific if urgent action is not taken. The impact of the United States government shutdown has reached the Pacific. Pacific artists embrace their cultural roots in New Zealand. Papua New Guinea's prime minister James Marape has been spared having to face a motion of no confidence thanks to a new immunity law passed earlier this year. A Fijian academic is warning of further political turmoil in Fiji after the resignation of two of the country's three deputy prime ministers within a week. Diaspora of the last territory of New Zealand, Tokelau, have been celebrating their language week with a roar.