21 Oct 2016

Dateline Pacific morning edition for 21 October 2016

From , 6:05 am on 21 October 2016

Communities in several provinces in mainland Papua New Guinea are reeling from the impacts of floods and landslides caused by heavy rains. Seven people are understood to have been killed in one sub-district of Morobe province alone; An Australian Senator calls for a reversal of the changes Canberra has made on Norfolk Island; Fiji's University of the South Pacific says it will review a process that resulted in thousands of students locked out of the university system days away from exams; Murders leave the Cook Islands reeling; Filariasis eliminated in three Pacific nations; Niueans work to revive dying language.