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Pacific Waves for Friday 16 February 2018
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 16 February 2018
4:06 PM.Tongans maintain high spirits despite cyclone struggles; Flooding main area of cyclone damage in Samoa; Indonesia says the West Papuan bid to be a full member in the Melanesian Spearhead Group is at a… Read more Audio
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Tongans maintain high spirits despite cyclone struggle
4:05 PM.It's been over three days since Cyclone Gita swept through the Tongan islands of 'Eua and Tongatapu leaving most people without power and water and others without a home. Despite this, people in the… Read more Audio
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Flooding main area of cyclone damage in Samoa
4:04 PM.Flooding around the capital Apia has been the main reported area of damage from Cyclone Gita in Samoa. Gita swept through Samoa at the weekend when it was still a category two storm. Read more Audio
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BCL issues legal challenge over cancelled Bougainville licence
4:03 PM.Bougainville Copper Ltd is taking an arm of the Bougainville government to court to challenge the non renewal of its mining exploration licence. Read more Audio
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West Papuan MSG bid at a dead end, says Jakarta
4:02 PM.Indonesia says the United Liberation Movement for West Papua's bid to be a full member of the Melanesian Spearhead group has reached a dead end. Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 16 February 2018
6:04 AM.Tonga's disaster authorities say good progress is being made getting emergency shelter provisions out to more remote villages on Tongatapu after damage from cyclone Gita; RNZ Pacific journalist says… Read more Audio
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RNZ journalist gives first impression of Tonga cyclone impact
6:02 AM.RNZ Pacific journalist says the destruction on Tonga's Tongatapu was immediately obvious when he landed. Read more Audio
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West Papua membership issue still unresolved at MSG
6:01 AM.Leaders of Melanesian Spearhead Group countries have referred a West Papuan application for full membership of the group to its secretariat for processing, amid concerns that the group is losing sight… Read more Audio
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An academic talks about his long tenure at USP in Suva
6:00 AM.This year the University of the South Pacific is marking 50 years operation after being set up by 12 Pacific Island countries back in 1968. Read more Audio