Dateline Pacific evening edition for 29 April 2019

PNG's prime minister Peter O'Neill is playing down the significance of five resignations from his People's National Congress party on Friday following resignations earlier this month by two cabinet ministers; banishments still handed out under Samoa's village council system; Pacific Military women connect in Fiji; Niue Arts and Culture festival has an emphasis on the language; American Samoa officials call for diversified economy, and; Papua New Guinea have regained One Day International status after finishing third at the World Cricket League Division Two event in Namibia.