Yachts Niue Tourism Photo: niueisland.com
RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins discusses the situation in West Papua, as the Indonesian military escalates it status to "ground combat ready", following a clash with the West Papuan Liberation Army over the weekend .
Also the Cook Islands road to decriminalising homosexuality, French Polynesia's first round of territorial elections brings success for the pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party;
Niue welcomes its first visiting yachts in three years this week, and the Fiji government is charting a new economic direction.
