Tagata o te Moana for 21 December 2019

Pacific countries and climate activists are calling for an overhaul of how the world tackles climate change, after this month's round of UN negotiations ended in failure; Papua New Guinea's government has made a strong pitch of commitment to Bougainville's future following the autonomous region's historic independence vote; Samoa was warned about the threat of measles as early as March, and urged to immunise its population; a group of political protestors on Nauru, convicted on offences that occurred in June 2015, have all been given custodial sentences; the humanitarian aid agency World Vision has been making preparations in the southwest Pacific for the cyclone season, and; a lack of understanding around Pacific Island culture and values and a fear of failure have been identified as key barriers preventing more Pasifika players becoming involved in rugby leadership in New Zealand.