A Samoan academic in New Zealand says despite the caretaker prime minister's defiance, Samoa's political impasse will most likely be resolved next week; It's week 12 of the Samoa political crisis and, and in the latest development MPs are resigning from their seats to force by-elections; Fijians have been warned that unless more of them take the risks of the Covid-19 pandemic seriously, many more deaths will occur; The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition is calling on Pacific Island leaders to place a moratorium on seabed mining; Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman has defeated a motion of no confidence against him in parliament, but a court ruling has left his government on shakey ground; A high-level roundtable on France's nuclear legacy in French Polynesia will be held in Paris this week.

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