Tagata o te Moana for 14 August 2021

The Pacific's coral reef systems and coastal fisheries are set for extinction if wealthy nations don't drastically and immediately cut greenhouse gas emissions; Promising signs in Papua New Guinea's Hela Province as warlords laydown their guns; Fiji's Secretary of Health accepts the new travel restrictions from Fiji to New Zealand, agreeing the outbreak there is out of control; Palau is seeing a steady increase in visitors and settling into their new normal after achieving herd immunity against Covid-19; Special debate held in New Zealand's Parliament to remember and condemn the 1970s Dawn Raids; The coach of the Fiji women's sevens team has been inundated with messages and phone calls from prospective players since their bronze medal win at the Tokyo Olympics.