15 Apr 2017

Tagata o te Moana for 15 April 2017

From Tagata o te Moana, 5:30 pm on 15 April 2017

A chorus of voices on Guam is questioning the governor's decision to withdraw his support for the military build-up; While mulitiple inquiries are still underway into Tokelau's controversial helicopter purchases it has been revealed the aircraft were cleared to land at American Samoa's Swains Island; A controversial visit by Australia's prime minister to Papua New Guinea has shed little light on how the hundreds of refugees stuck on Manus island will be resettled; There's hope the tide is turning on the flow of people leaving Niue for brighter lights, jobs and other opportunities offshore; Reports a gay man in Fiji was told he could not donate blood has sparked debate over whether it's Health Ministry's policies are discriminatory; The International Labour Organisation says entrepreneurship is the solution to the Pacific's youth unemployment crisis; Niuean leaders are calling for locals and Niueans living abroad to fight for the preservation of Niuean language.

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