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Pacific Waves for Monday 20 May 2013
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 20 May 2013
3:08 PM.High drama for French Polynesia where a new President is elected hours after the territory was reinscribed on the UN decolonisation list; New report says Pacific people in NZ worst hit by global… Read more Audio
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Gaston Flosse's French Polynesia back on UN decolonisation list
3:01 PM.Gaston Flosse's French Polynesia back on UN decolonisation list Audio
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Operation continuing to recover bodies trapped in Papua mine
3:01 PM.A major emergency operation is continuing in Papua to recover bodies trapped in a mine. Audio
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NZ Architecture student hopes to change the fale
6:06 AM.A New Zealand architecture student is hoping to use modern technology to change the way traditional Samoan homes, or fale, are built. Audio
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Vanuatu minister pursues dubious land leases
6:05 AM.Vanuatu's Lands Minister is trying to flush out the Lands Ministry of those involved in dubious leases of state land under a preferential access process used by the former Minister. Audio
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Top-down reconciliation no good for Solomons
6:04 AM.The president of a Solomon Islands group representing the interests of people from Malaita province says to be successful reconciliation over the ethnic tensions must bring victims and offenders… Read more Audio
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Religious discrimination in Indonesia impacts Papuans
6:03 AM.Discrimination against religious minorities in Indonesia involves removing children from West Papua. Audio
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Hong Kong shark protectors target Air Pacific
6:02 AM.Environmental groups in Hong Kong say Air Pacific is feeding the unethical trade in sharks fin by transporting sharks fin to the territory. Audio
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Marshall Islands atoll under threat from coastal erosion
6:01 AM.The Marshall Islands Atoll of Ailinglaplap is eroding away and could be uninhabitable in 20 years, according to a senior climate change advisor. Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 20 May 2013
6:00 AM.Marshall Islands atoll under threat from coastal erosion; Hong Kong shark protectors target Air Pacific; Religious discrimination in Indonesia impacts Papuans; Top-down reconciliation no good for… Read more Audio