Pacific Waves for Thursday 20 August 2020
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Dateline Pacific for 20 August 2020
6:04 AM.Remandee frustrations behind another deadly jailbreak in PNG; Pacific governments urged to factor climate crisis into pandemic recovery; Tuna tagging expedition underway in the central Pacific; High… Read more Audio
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Remandee frustrations behind another deadly jailbreak in PNG
6:03 AM.Frustration among remandees over long delays in their cases coming to trial, as well as poor and overcrowded conditions in prisons, is driving Papua New Guinea's problem of repeated prison escapes… Read more Audio
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Pac govts urged to factor climate crisis into pandemic recovery
6:02 AM.A Pacific climate activist says the Covid-19 pandemic may be having a positve impact on the environment but it has exposed allegiances between governments and climate harming industries. Read more Audio
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Tuna tagging expedition is underway in the central Pacific
6:01 AM.An expedition to help ensure tuna fishing in the Pacific is sustainable is underway. Read more Audio
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High achieving physcist with Cooks' whakapapa takes up UK role
6:00 AM.Dr Patrick Ledingham is about to begin a career as a physics lecturer and researcher at the Universiity of Southhampton. Read more Audio
