Tagata o Te Moana for 26 November 2016
The eight police officers and one military officer who were convicted of rape and sexual assualt in Fiji, have been sentenced to up to nine years in jail; girls on the Vanuatu island of Tanna are missing up to a week of school a month because of the difficulty in dealing with menstruation; community concern over PNG seabed mining runs deep; More than a decade after Niue lost its old museum in a cyclone preparations are underway to build a new cultural centre to help preserve the country's heritage; the Cook Islands Marae Moana, a plan to manage the country's entire marine environment sustainably, is close to being put into operation; Fiji's appointment as a co-chair of next year's UN Climate Change Conference is good news for the region, according to the Pacific Community; Occupational Safety and Health remains a critical challenges for workers around the Pacific region; A Samoan-Welsh New Zealander has become an unlikely and accidental voice for Pacific climate change awareness.