Tagata o te Moana for 17 March 2018

PNG shifts into full relief mode after as Police confirm 125 deaths and 35,000 displaced by Highlands quake nearly three weeks ago; Vanuatu's deputy prime minister avoids jail time; Pacific artists call on New Zealand funding agency to address needs of community; New Zealand's Foreign Minister says, the new government is going to put its money where its mouth is in terms of aid to the Pacific and the climate change minister says Pacific leaders have made clear New Zealand needs to step up its action against climate change; Tensions are rising in Temotu as an Australian miner's licences to prospect and operate in the Solomon Islands' province approach their expiry date; Solomon Islanders collaborate with NZ tertiary institute to improve local aquaculture and food security efforts, and; Tonga is the first country in the Pacific to open a Family Protection Legal Aid centre specifically to help people going through domestic violence.