On the program today:
Immunologists say a new immunisation program for around 100 thousand Pacific children will save lives. It involves delivering vaccines against rotavirus and pneumococcal disease, and teenage girls will also be immunised to protect them from cervical cancer.
The
leading Tongan journalist, Kalafi Moala, says the people have spoken and
they’ve voted for change.
Tongans went to the polls on November 18 and elected an all-male government,
and now the race to become the kingdom’s next prime minister is down to two
candidates.
And as New Zealand prepares to send another 50 peacekeepers to Solomon Islands this weekend to help maintain the peace in the capital Honiara, former New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, offers her thoughts on the situation, as compared to when she was involved in setting up RAMSI, the regional assistance mission in 2003.