Halo oketa wantok! This week on Tagata o te Moana: The prime ministers of Samoa and the Cook Islands both defeat votes of no confidence in their respective parliaments. We speak with a meteorologist about the three cyclones that formed in the Pacific. And a mural honoring the late Fa'anana Efeso Collins was unveiled in Manukau this week. All that and more of this week's stories from RNZ Pacific.

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Kia orana! First up on Tagata o te Moana week Cook Islanders express their feelings over the Mark Brown spat with Winston Peters, New Caledonia readies to speak about a replacement for the Noumea Accord, Fiji police try to counter the illicit drug trade and we hear from Norfolk Islanders seeking self government. All that and more stories from the week on RNZ Pacific.

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Kia ora! This week on Tagata o te Moana: The Cook Islands versus Wellington, Vanuatu has a new leader, a Pacific beauty pageant judge is accused of fiddling the votes and a Fiji MP shrouded in controversy after her private naked video was leaked could end up in court. All this and more stories from the week on RNZ Pacific.

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Kia orana! This week in Tagata o te moana: The Cook lslands spat with New Zealand, Tonga's new leader is left with little time to make his mark, Kiribati rebuts criticism from New Zealand and the Finance Minister of Fiji is calling for a de-colonising of aid. All this and more great stories from the week on RNZ Pacific.

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Kia Orana! This week in Tagata o te Moana a new government is on the way in Vanuatu. The US President Donald Trump's immediate impact on Pacific aid. A Kiribati MP has a different view on Winston Peter's cancelled visit and the King of Tonga seems to have got his way in the formation of the new government. All this and more of the best stories of the week from RNZ Pacific.

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Halo oketa! In Tagata o Te Moana this week search and rescue efforts continue in the aftermath of the Vanuatu quake. Tonga is preparing to elect a new prime minister and Australia's latest refugee deal with Papua New Guinea is called a death sentence. All this and more stories of the week from RNZ Pacific.

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Kia orana! In Tagata o Te Moana this week: Tonga is poised to elect a new leader after the PM resigned ahead of a vote-of-no-confidence. An MP in Bougainville welcomes a report confirming there were negative environmental and human rights impacts by the long defunct Panguna Mine. The Wellington Chocolate Factory is extending its Pacific involvement. All that and more of the week's stories from RNZ Pacific.

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Malo ele lei! Coming up in Tagata o te Moana will Tonga have a new government installed next week as a vote of no confidence looms? Whats been the impact of political instability in France on its troubled Pacific territory New Caledonia? And Vanuatu's plea for nations to be held accountable for climate change is being heard at the International Court of Justice. All that and more stories of the week from RNZ Pacific.

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Kia Orana! In Tagata o Te Moana this week a new generation of leaders is emerging in New Caledonia, Cook Islanders in New Zealand are consulted on seafloor mining and Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi says the now passed Samoa Citizenship Bill needed more work. All that and more from RNZ Pacific.

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Talofa lava first up in Tagata o te Moana this week Samoans who had their New Zealand citizenship stripped by the Muldoon government get the opportunity to have it restored, the Australian seasonal worker scheme is in trouble with participant numbers declining and thousands making bogus asylum claims. All this and more Pacific stories from RNZ Pacific.

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