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Pacific Waves for Friday 24 November 2017
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 24 November 2017
4:06 PM.All remaining refugees removed from closed Manus detention camp; West Papuans call for closure of Freeport gold mine; International NGO's encourage local aid agencies to take the lead in Pacific… Read more Audio
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All remaining refugees removed from closed Manus detention camp
4:05 PM.The remaining 325 refugees at the decommissioned Manus Island detention camp in Papua New Guinea have been forcibly moved to nearby Lorengau. Read more Audio
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West Papuans call for closure of Freeport gold mine
4:04 PM.Thousands of West Papuans have demonstrated in Jayapura, calling for the closure of the massive Freeport gold mine in Mimika regency. Read more Audio
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Sport: Manu Samoa feeling the pressure on and off the field
4:00 PM.Financial pressures and long losing streak tough to take for Manu Samoa squad. Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 24 November 2017
6:06 AM.Refugees still refusing to leave closed Manus detention centre despite police raid;International NGO's encourage Pacific aid agencies to take the lead in their communities; Appeal likely in pesticide… Read more Audio
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Refugees still refusing to leave Manus centre despite raid
6:05 AM.Hundreds of refugees are still refusing to leave the decommissioned processing center on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island despite Thursday's police raid.Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani spoke to RNZ… Read more Audio
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Pacific aid agencies encouraged to lead
6:04 AM.Advancing local Pacific leadership in disaster response tabled at regional NGO conference. Read more Audio
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Appeal likely in pesticide lawsuit on Kauai in Hawaii
6:03 AM.A judge has ruled in favour this month of an agribusiness pesticide operation after a group of locals on the Hawaiian island of Kauai filed a lawsuit citing environmental concerns. Read more Audio
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Tongan registers residing in New Zealand
6:02 AM.Historical Tongan records of births, deaths and marriages of British subjects residing in Tonga between 1874 to 1968 can be found at the University of Auckland. Read more Audio