Dateline Pacific morning edition for 17 April 2018

The President of the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville has elaborated on why his government is saying no to mining at Panguna indefinitely; The Cook Islands is balancing the evolution of its "premiere" relationship with New Zealand against its long-standing one with China; Pacific states instrumental in 'historic' decision in shipping industry; Purpose-built evacuation centres planned for Fiji; budget cuts cause of HIV drugs shortage in PNG; The National AIDS Council of Papua New Guinea says budget cuts are behind a critical shortage of anti-retroviral drugs in the country and there is no immediate solution to the problem, and; Samoa believes a strong performance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games can be a launching pad for sport in the country.