Pacific parliamentarians form an alliance against Deep Sea Mining; Call for strong policies and commitments as Ocean Conference gets underway in Palau; NZR urged to do better by Maori and Pasifika female rugby players; All that and more coming up on Tagata O Te Moana

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Solomon Islands prime minister breaks the silence on security agreement with China; Fiji and New Zealand strengthen their bilateral cooperation arrangements; The Cook Islands government prepares to reopen its borders to the world.

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A draft security cooperation agreement, between China and Solomon Islands, has been leaked on social media. In New Zealand, Covid-19 continues to hit Pacific Peoples hard with one of the highest hospitalisation rates due to a high volume of cases Two months have past since a volcanic eruption and tsunami devastated Tonga, leaving three dead and causing over 90 million US dollars in damages.

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A cautionary tale for Pasifika families...parents of a child with rheumatic fever are urging adults to take sore throats and rashes in children seriously; Pacific-led social and health providers struggling to get funding support amid the pandemic; And we take a look at what's coming up in another action packed weekend of Super Rugby Pacific

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Two months on from the devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami, battling Covid-19 is the biggest issue confronting Tonga. The head of Fiji's women crisis centre says it's "shocking" that two prominent Fijian men are advocating for a convicted rapist to be allowed to play rugby. Gaming harm is impacting a growing number of Pacific youth in Aotearoa.

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The govts of Australia and New Zealand are being urged to resolve conflicting Pacific foreign policies; Calls for a united front in the fight against non-communicable diseases; And we take a closer look at the latest climate report from the United Nations; All that and more coming up on Tagata O Te Moana.

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The US secretary of state's fly-in-fly-out visit to Fiji is raising some eyebrows in the region; The Fiji government lifts Covid-19 restrictions as part of new strategic direction; And Concern over low vaccination rates in some Pacific countries.

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Lack of funding, an outdated common roll and Covid-19 all big issues for this year's national election in PNG; Telecommunications to be restored to Tongan islands most affected by the volcanic eruption and tsunami; And later on in the program; We check in on some of the Covid-19 outbreaks taking hold in countries and territories across the Pacific.

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We speak with our correspondent in Tonga about the election of the new prime minister Siaosi Sovaleni; There are mixed reactions in New Caledonia to a controversial independence referendum facilitated by France; And a Pacific survivor of historic abuse in state care wants the New Zealand government to act quickly to bring healing to survivors; All that and more coming up on Tagata O Te Moana.

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The Solomon Islands government appears intact ahead of an imending vote of no confidence; Fiji awaiting genomic sequencing results from Australia on possible Omicron variant cases; West Papuans mark 60 years fighting for self-determination; All that and more coming up on Tagata O Te Moana.

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