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Pacific Waves for Monday 20 January 2014
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PNG's capital considers betel nut licences for vendors
4:05 PM.Papua New Guinea's National Capital District is considering introducing licences for betel nut vendors. Audio
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Tonga officials look at medium and long-term needs post cyclone
4:02 PM.The Tongan government is now assessing what medium and long-term needs the cyclone-hit islands of Ha'apai require. Audio
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Serious concerns about rule of law in Nauru amid sacking
4:01 PM.Senior judicial officials have raised doubts about the rule of law in Nauru after the government deported the country's only magistrate and barred its chief justice from returning to deal with the… Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 20 January 2014
4:00 PM.Serious concerns about rule of law in Nauru after sacking; Tonga officials look at medium and long-term needs post-cyclone; Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister is confident a corruption probe into… Read more Audio
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Cooks' Atiu on track to be first mynah-free Pacific island
6:05 AM.Atiu in the Cook Islands is likely to have eradicated the invasive mynah bird by mid-year but the director of the Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust says the biggest threat to biodiversity now is the… Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 20 January 2015
6:05 AM.Manus protest threatening to spiral into bloodshed; Global union alerts Bougainville about Rio Tinto; Multi-million dollar processing plant approved for American Samoa; New Zealand's capital… Read more Audio
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French Polynesia in grip of zika and dengue
6:04 AM.Health officials in French Polynesia are battling an epidemic of the zika virus and also dengue fever.
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No clues on who Fiji's new military head could be
6:03 AM.An academic says the announcement that Fiji's PM will stand down as the head of the military is a signifcant step towards elections. Audio
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Global union alerts Bougainville about Rio Tinto
6:03 AM.A global mineworkers union is taking its campaign against Rio Tinto to the people of Bougainville. Audio
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MSG's stance on West Papua may be wilting
6:02 AM.It's feared that the Melanesian Spearhead Group's stance on the issue of independence for West Papua is wilting. Audio
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Multi-million dollar plant approved for American Samoa
6:02 AM.A 106-millon US dollar food processing plant in American Samoa is scheduled to be up and running by July. The government has approved plans by Filipino company AVM Bernardo Engineering to build a… Read more Audio
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PNG PM confident in corruption probe outcome
6:01 AM.PNG Prime Minister says he is confident the truth will eventually be revealed through the anti-corruption probe into alleged improper payments to a law firm. Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 20 January 2014
6:00 AM.Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister is confident in the outcome of a corruption probe into senior ministers; It's feared that the Melanesian Spearhead Group's stance on the issue of independence for… Read more Audio
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NZ student helps Tonga develop renewable energy system
6:00 AM.A model renewable power system for the Tongan islands of Ha'apai is being developed by a post-graduate student at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Audio