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Pacific Waves for Friday 15 September 2017
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 15 September 2017
3:06 PM.Lawyers for "Nauru 19" seek help with costs; National Alliance commits to staying as PNG's opposition; Pest destroys PNG coffee as government fails to cough up; NZ surgical team's Fiji mission 'life… Read more Audio
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Lawyers for "Nauru 19" seek help with costs
3:05 PM.The team of Australian lawyers representing a group of Nauruans charged with offences relating to a pro-democracy protest more than two years ago are seeking donations to cover their expenses. Read more Audio
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National Alliance commits to staying as PNG's opposition
3:04 PM.The remaining major party in Papua New Guinea's opposition, the National Alliance, says it's committed to sticking it out as the alternative government after this week's shock defection to government… Read more Audio
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Pest destroys PNG coffee as government fails to cough up
3:03 PM.Papua New Guinea's coffee industry is being increasingly threatened by an invasive beetle while the government stalls on promised emergency funding. Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 15 September 2017
5:06 AM.2017 Pacific Forum summit quieter due to foreign minister impact; Fallout from Indonesian officials confronting journos over Papua in Apia; NZ surgical team's Fiji mission 'life changing'; Vanuatu… Read more Audio
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NZ surgical team's Fiji mission 'life changing'
5:04 AM.A team of surgeons and medical staff from New Zealand have visited Fiji as part of a mission to perform heart operations on children. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Vanuatu maps digital health data
5:03 AM.A new digital health mapping tool is being developed in the Pacific to help provide a bird's-eye view of the locations of health facilities and resources such as staff, medicines and equipment. Read more Audio
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Hawaiian academic critical of further rail funding
5:02 AM.An academic in civil engineering at the University of Hawaii is critical of further funding being channelled into the Honolulu rail project. Read more Audio