Tagata O Te Moana for 19 June 2021

Pasifika high school students report the worst housing deprivation in the country; There's growing suspicion in Fiji that a number of recent deaths caused by Covid-19, have not been officially counted by the health authorities; Creative New Zealand's latest research shows positive attitudes towards the arts have hit an all-time-high; A Niuean church elder has shared his horrid experience in state care this week with the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care; Health authorities in Papua New Guinea are struggling to get people vaccinated against Covid-19; The leader of the FAST Party says there is no way for the rival HRPP to present a Budget under the current impasse.