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Fiji enthralled by the return of the Mara chiefly dynasty
On the program this week:
Excitement in Fiji as Ratu Tevita Mara, son of the country's founding prime minister, becomes the high chief of the Lau islands in a series of sacred rituals over several days.
Pressure on the International Seabed Authority to finalise regulations to govern deep-sea mining in international waters as the United States looks to forge ahead on its own.
Tonga's government strengthens its cyber security capabilities after data at the country's largest hospital was hacked and encrypted for ransom.
Australian Federal Police to be embedded with Fiji's police force to combat multinational drug syndicates using Pacific islands as smuggling staging points.
And a partnership between the Australian and Papua New Guinean Defence Forces is helping PNG military pilots get their commercial pilots licences.