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Pacific Waves for Monday 23 June 2014
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 23 June 2014
3:06 PM.Calls are mounting for Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister to stand aside; Fiji's election campaign heats up in NZ; Convicted rugby star Brian Lima escapes a jail term; The Samoa govt complains to NZ… Read more Audio
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Calls mounting for PNG'S PM to stand aside
3:05 PM.Calls are mounting for Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister to stand aside amid the furore over his alleged role in illegal payments to a law firm. Audio
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Fiji election campaign heats up in NZ
3:04 PM.Fiji expats living in New Zealand are being urged to put an end to their homeland's "coup culture" by voting against Frank Bainimarama in the September polls. Audio
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Convicted rugby star Brian Lima escapes jail term
3:03 PM.Samoa rugby star Muli'agatele Brian Lima has escaped a jail term for assaulting his former wife and her partner. Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 23 June 2014
5:06 AM.The Samoa govt complains to NZ over coconut cream; A village garden project in Samoa is taking off; An NGO warns of empty promises over PNG land leases; We hear about the threat of invasive species… Read more Audio
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Samoa govt complains to NZ Commerce Commission
5:05 AM.The sole exporter of Samoan coconut cream says it wants companies based in Asia that it says are ripping off its brand to have their products taken off the New Zealand market. Audio
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Village garden project in Samoa could take off as demand rises
5:04 AM.A village garden project in Samoa is now supplying most of the resorts and hotels and could be replicated around the country. Audio
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NGO wary of empty promises on PNG land leases
5:03 AM.An NGO which has been calling for the scrapping of controversial land leases in Papua New Guinea says the prime minister needs to do more than just make promises he'll get rid of them. Audio
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Biodiversity threatened by invasive species
5:02 AM.A recent meeting in Micronesia has heard of the increasing threats to biodiversity posed by the spread of invasive species. Audio
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US President's vow to expand Pacific no-fishing zone under fire
5:01 AM.A United States fishery scientist says the US President's vow to dramatically increase a no-fishing zone in the Pacific is nothing more than a gesture. Audio
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Most blindness avoidable in Pacific
5:00 AM.The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness says 80 percent of vision loss in the region is caused by the three preventable conditions: cataracts, refractive errors and diabetic… Read more Audio