Tagata o te Moana for 1 August 2020

Covid-19 'widespread' in PNG capital; mystery PNG plane crash linked to suspected drug run; Fiji's $US1.7bn Budget comes under heavy scrutiny in Parliament; The ADB offers economic projections for the Islands region; A Samoa chief convited of slavery and trafficking sent to jail; Research on how climate change affects Pacific peoples' identities underway; Big shoes to fill for Solomons new police commissioner; Sense of warming attitudes to women candidates in Bougainville.