Dateline Pacific evening edition 30 August 2018

Problem gambling advocates in New Zealand are calling for electronic gaming machines to be eliminated in vulnerable communities like South Auckland, It's disappointing but not surprising that Australia's new prime minister won't be attending the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru, an Australian academic says, Tahiti awaits sign-off for South Pacific's biggest tourism project, The vice-president of the Asia Development Bank says it's not overly concerned about the effects of an unstable global order, an array of new donors, and sky-high debts in some Pacific countries.