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Foreign Minister Winston Peters is in Samoa and has refused to elaborate on his comments to Australia's Lowy Institute, suggesting some countries' aid programmes in the Pacific are "not for the best". Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Morning Report her government was going to make the Pacific more of a focus, but didn't make any major announcements, apart from a $10 million aid package for disaster relief and small business support. China has been criticised for pouring money into the Pacific, with countries like Tonga receiving multi-million dollar aid packages and construction projects in the Cook Islands. Tess Newton Cain is the principal of TNC Pacific Consulting and is currently in Fiji. She talks to Guyon Espiner.