Tagata o te Moana for 5 October 2019

Last week's grim report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has scientists based in the Pacific calling for more action; Pasifika pre-schoolers living in Counties Manukau have been identified as the most vulnerable section of the population in the Auckland's measles outbreak; A report compiled by a Commission of Inquiry into a ferry disaster in Kiribati last year, which killed as many as 81 people, has finally been released; Tonga's Prime Minister-designate, Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa, says he is fostering a spirit of co-operation and reconciliation to help the country move forward; Indonesia's government has told the United Nations that other countries must respect its sovereignty in West Papua; Samoa's Yuki Kihara is to be the first Pasifika artist to represent New Zealand at the world's most prestigious art show; Pacific teams at the Rugby World Cup have reached the decisive stage of their campaigns, with all three in need of big wins to maintain a mathematically slight chance of making the quarterfinals.