Tonight, New Caledonia is cleaning up after Cyclone Cook; belief in sorcery remains entrenched in PNG culture and Guam's governor says the US military is 'cannabilising' the territory's work force.

The Government weighs up its options in the wake of the Edgecome flood; who speaks for people with Downs Syndrome and in Dateline Pacific the impact of Cyclone Cook on Vanuatu.

In the programme tonight, US air strikes on Syria; the collapse of a support scheme for the parents of autistic children and in Dateline Pacific sending in the New Zealand Navy to protect Fijian fisheries.

The remnants of tropical cyclone Debbie and helping girls to grow in confident women.

Meditation in prison - what better thing to do when you're doing time. Breastfeeding in the house and in Dateline Pacific, Papua New Guinea leader Sir Michael Somare ends his political career.

this is Late Edition....in the programme tonight The Typhoid outbreak in Auckland claims a life bringing whitebait back to canturbury and in dateline pacific pirate attacks off papua new guinea

You're listening to Nights on RNZ National, I'm Bryan Crump and this is Late Edition....in the programme tonight Checkpoint turns 50 and in Dateline Pacific - Government debt on the rise in Papua New Guinea

A roundup of the day's news on RNZ National. Getting ready for the school winter sports season, Jem Traylen talks about world transgender visibilty day, and in Dateline Pacific rising demend for island cuisine.

More on lead's legacy in New Zealand passing university students to keep them paying fees and in Dateline Pacific a teacher shortage in Vanuatu

A roundup of the day's news on RNZ National. Terrible weather in Queensland, Auckland, and Wellington. Research from the University of Otago's Dunedin Study shows children's exposure to lead is linked to lower IQ. In Dateline Pacific, Samoa raises complaint about transgender weightlifters competing against women.