Tagata o Te Moana for 21 October 2017

Doctors warn of more asylum seeker deaths on Manus Island; Samoans say they're in the dark over the health of their prime minister; New Zealand mum about Fiji expulsion threat; What does the Taiwan presidential visit mean for the region?; Better mental health care urged in Tonga; NZ unveils new mobile hospital for disaster zones; PNG police force struggles with instability and under-resourcing; There's a sense of urgency among New Zealand based Niueans to preserve their threatened native tongue and culture.