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Pacific Waves for Friday 20 October 2017
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 20 October 2017
4:06 PM.The UN refugee agency has warned of an imminent humanitarian crisis on Manus Island; a Cook Islander has been appointed chief nursing officer of the World Health Organisation; a ship that provides… Read more Audio
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NGO tells Canstruct to steer clear of Nauru camps
4:04 PM.The Human Rights Law Centre says the engineering firm Canstruct will be complicit in serious human rights abuses if it takes over the contract to run Australia's immigration detention centre on Nauru.
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Niueans highlight urgent action around language retention
4:03 PM.There's a sense of urgency among New Zealand based Niueans to preserve their threatened native tongue and culture. One Pacific language scholar describes Vagahau Niue as being at crisis level. Audio
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Cook Island motorists urged to follow helmet law
4:02 PM.Young motorists in the Cook Islands are risking a criminal conviction if they flout the law about wearing helmets when riding motor bikes. Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 20 October 2017
6:06 AM.The UN refugee agency has warned of an imminent humanitarian crisis on Manus Island; a Cook Islander has been appointed chief nursing officer of the World Health Organisation; a ship that provides… Read more Audio
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Imminent humanitarian crisis on Manus Island
6:04 AM.The UN refugee agency has warned of an imminent humanitarian crisis on Manus Island. Read more Audio
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New WHO chief nursing officer from Cook Islands
6:03 AM.A Cook Islander has been appointed chief nursing officer of the World Health Organisation. Read more Audio
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Lawsuit seeks US military openness on Marianas plans
6:02 AM.The US military is being urged to fully disclose the impacts of its live-fire plans for the Northern Marianas. Read more Audio