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Pacific Waves for Wednesday 5 February 2014
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Samoan prisoner acquitted of New Zealand man's murder
4:03 PM.Samoa's Supreme Court Judge overturns a jury's guilty verdict, acquitting a prisoner of the 2012 murder of a New Zealand man at Tafaigata jail. Audio
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Fiji's Trade Union Congress still 'baffled' over arrests
4:02 PM.The President of Fiji's Trade Union Congress says he is still baffled as to why he and five other unionists were arrested on New Year's Eve in Nadi. Audio
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PNG Catholic mission urges dialogue to settle landowner claim
4:01 PM.The Catholic Archbishop of Mt Hagen finds much-needed education and services which his diocese helps run in Jiwaka have become a bargaining chip in a compensation claim by landowners. Audio
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 5 February 2014
4:00 PM.A PNG Catholic Archbishop urges dialogue to settle a landowner claim; The President of Fiji's Trade Union Congress is baffled as to why he and other uniots were arrested in Nadi; Samoa's Supreme Court… Read more Audio
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Wage campaigner disappointed in minimum wage
6:03 AM.The former chair of the Fijian Wages Council says the country's new minimum wage will not address deep seeded poverty. Audio
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A fisherman washed up in the Marshalls to be repatriated soon
6:02 AM.The Marshall Islands prepares to repatriate a Latin American fisherman who washed up after being lost at sea for 13 months. Audio
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New regional women's caucus head tells of leadership stigma
6:01 AM.Twenty women from seven Pacific nations gather in Fiji to find ways to boost women's representation in politics. Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 5 February 2014
6:00 AM.New regional women's caucus head tells of leadership stigma; A fisherman washed up in the Marshalls to be repatriated soon; Wage campaigner disappointed in minimum wage; The President of Australia's… Read more Audio