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Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.
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Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.
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1 Kiribati women's minister says kava abuse is wrecking families 11:09
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A government minister in Kiribati is worried the amount of kava being imported and consumed is threatening the country's development and peoples' way of life.
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1 Samoa heads to snap election, after national budget fails to pass 44:23
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The people of Samoa are heading for an early election, after Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa called for the dissolution of parliament. For many observers, the failure of the budget to pass in parliament is no surprise.
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1 Samoa to hold snap elections amidst fallout between Fiame and FAST party 12:57
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Samoans are heading for an early election, after Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa called for the dissolution of parliament. The call came after the her government's budget was voted down by a combination of opposition and FAST party MPs.
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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, a pioneering Ni-Vanuatu politician, has died.
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1 Vanuatu Cricket building for the future and spreading the net wide, in the search for young talent to join their new academy 5:57
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Vanuatu Cricket's new academy will have places for fifty talented young male and female players, with 30 to come from the heartland of Port Vila, but another 20 will be drawn from the cricket communities in Santo and Tanna.
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1 Timor Leste president rejects pardon proposal for former priest and convicted pedophile 1:11
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The President of Timor Leste has not included American Richard Daschbach in his list of prisoner pardons, despite a government recommendation.
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1 Timor president rejects pardon proposal for former priest and convicted pedophile 46:48
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Timor Leste President Jose Ramos Horta has decided against pardoning convicted former priest Richard Daschbach.
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1 Crushed by the Chiefs, but could the result work in Moana's favour with finals still on their radar? 6:59
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Moana Pasifika's Super Rugby finals hopes are still alive, and they can seal their place with a win over the Hurricanes in Wellington, where the Savea brothers, Ardie and Julian, will return to their old stamping ground to take on a host of former team-mates.
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1 'They don't care' - Enga landslide survivors accuse PNG Government of stalling recovery efforts 3:44
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More than a year since the landslide at Mulitaka in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province left hundreds dead, many survivors are frustrated with authorities over the state of recovery.
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1 Enga landslide victims feel abandoned by Government 47:31
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A year after the landslide at Mulitaka in Enga, there’s frustration among evacuees who say their disappointed in a lack of Government support.
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1 Green Climate Fund offers 100 million plus in funding to Pacific countries 5:30
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Next month, Pacific countries are set to access the more than 100-million dollar climate funding to help mitigate climate change impacts on tuna fisheries.
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King Tupou the VI has called for improvements to the country's democratic system. His call comes 15 years after democratic reforms were introduced .
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Farmers in PNG are cashing in and spending big as prices for two of the country's main agricultural exports, coffee and cocoa, hit record highs.
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1 Australia's Foreign Minister wraps up Pacific tour 14:22
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Over the past week, Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has visited Fiji, Tonga, and Vanuatu, re-emphasising commitment to climate action, funding health reforms, and reviving a bilateral partnership.
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1 On the verge of an historic grand slam, but uncertainty still hangs over Moana Pasifika's Super Rugby future 7:16
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Moana Pasifika have had their best ever Super Rugby Pacific season so far, even if they don't make the play-offs. But behind the scenes, finance, location, and player retention are all big issues for which the franchise owners have to find answers.
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