Dateline Pacific morning edition for 14 February 2019

Refugees detained offshore by Australia have had their first political victory in Australia's parliament; The Red Cross disaster agency has opened its emergency operations centre in Luganville as Tropical Cyclone Oma looms over northern Vanuatu; Environmentalists fear the grounding of a ship off Rennell Island in the Solomons could bring more damage to a marine protected area. The MV Solomon Trader hit a reef in Kangava Bay off Rennell Island just over a week ago as it was loading bauxite from a nearby mine; A Judge of the Tokelau High Court has questioned New Zealand's role in the controversial suspension of two public servants in the New Zealand territory of Tokelau, and; Pacific countries are gathering in Tonga this week for a series of talks about the future of seabed mining in the region.