Dateline Pacific evening edition for 18 September 2018

New research from the United Nations claims climate change is a key driver in a rise in world hunger because of climate extremes and malnutrition; Electoral officials in Solomon Islands are reminding voters and intending candidates of severe penalties that now exist under the country's new electoral law; Australia's government has delayed the announcement of a new agriculture visa, which Pacific leaders feared could have spelled the end of two special workers' visas; Pacific countries have been on both ends of the stick at the latest session of the United National Human Rights Council which began last week; The first Samoan to lead a District Health Board in New Zealand has been appointed in the Counties Manukau district.