Dateline Pacific for 30 October 2019

The details of New Zealand's Pacific Reset has been fleshed out by a range of defence announcements; the Cook Islands government has contracted a firm to do millions of dollars worth of repairs to its trademark water project; the government in Tonga is investigating whether to promote the growing of hemp; Academics from the University of Queensland are to document the impact of climate change on Pacific communities worst hit by the crisis; America's civilian volunteer organisation the Peace Corps is heading back to Solomon Islands after an absence of almost 20 years.