Dateline Pacific morning edition for 22 January 2019

The Solomon Islands is preparing for historic polls this year, the first under new electoral laws and without an international intervention force in the country; the president of Bougainville, John Momis, says the lack of funding from the Papua New Guinea government for referendum preparations is becoming desperate; nearly 700 people from four villages on Vanuatu's Ambrym island have been evacuated to safe zones after ongoing volcanic eruptions; the launch of a huge Chinese fish farm on French Polynesia's Hao atoll is again delayed; SPC head calls for action to save NZ Realm Pacific languages.