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Pacific news in brief
Samoa University to reopen to classes, year long celebration to mark independence in Samoa, and entries open for New Caledonia's elections.
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Pacific news in brief
PNG Prime Minister to seek damages against UBS, Cook Islands honours its war veterans, Samoa Director General of Health faces scrutiny over CAT scanner, bid to raise minimum wage introduced in…
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Marshall Islands gets largest number of Covid border cases
Covid-19 testing of Marshall Islanders in managed quarantine saw the largest number test positive for Covid-19 since managed repatriation started nearly two years ago.
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Pacific news in brief
Leading Pacific news in brief today; Quarantine rules easing in Niue, low Covid-19 community spread in the Northern Marianas and a New Zealand man dies while sailing in the Marquesas Islands.
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In brief: News from around the Pacific
Northern Marianas has zero COVID-19 hospitalisations; American Samoa's eighth covid death; and call for NZ to do more to limit climate change
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In brief: News from around the Pacific
Taking the long road to remote areas to help crop production; slashed car duty blamed for Port Moresby congestion; and ANZ Bank pulls out.
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Covid-19 wrap in the Pacific
Samoa records 125 new community coronavirus cases; A third person has died of Covid-19 in American Samoa, and more
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Covid-19: Māori now have highest rate of community cases in Aotearoa - Bloomfield
Māori have the highest rate of community cases of Covid-19 and while case numbers are dropping, the number in hospital continues to rise. Watch the latest Covid-19 update here.
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Samoa covid testing reveals huge positive numbers
The number of Covid -19 cases in Samoa has climbed to 196.
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'We are tired, we are exhausted, we are short-staffed' - Auckland nurse
An Auckland nurse says a lucrative incentive payment has not fixed the city's dire hospital staffing shortage. Audio
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Vanuatu wants retired nurses to plug Covid-induced staff crisis
Vanuatu's newly appointed Minister of Health Bruno Leingkon says the government is preparing to offer short term contracts for retired nurses and third year student nurses to combat a staffing…
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Today's sports news: What you need to know
In today's sports news - Crusaders pushed by Moana Pasifika, Hurricanes Super Rugby Aupiki players contract Covid-19, Ko on the leaderboard in Singapore and no more Russian F1 races.
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Covid-19 in the Pacific
Kiribati govt relaxes travel between islands; French Polynesia records over 1000 Covid cases; Two more people die of Covid in CNMI, and more.
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In brief: Covid-19 in the Pacific
American Samoans in 'disbelief' over community Covid-19 cases; Tonga records 287 Covid cases; Two more Covid cases in the Cook Islands, and more
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New Zealand’s response to Russia – sanctions or diplomacy?
Analysis - International analyst Geoffrey Miller considers options for New Zealand's response to Russia's incursion into Ukraine.
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The latest Covid-19 stories in the Pacific
Vanuatu's govt confirms four Covid-19 cases; French Polynesia Covid cases continue to rise; Kiribati govt extends nationwide lockdown; Covid-19 outbreak in Tonga's Hu'atolitoli prison, and more.
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Pasifika community bearing brunt of Omicron outbreak
Ministry of Health has revealed there's been a surge in the number of positive Covid-19 cases in Pacific communities.
Pasifika people now make up about half of the cases in the Omicron outbreak. And… Audio
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The latest Covid-19 stories in the Pacific
Over 100 Covid-19 cases in Tonga; Kiribati extends curfew as second Covid-19 death recorded; New Caledonia records over 1000 new cases, and more.
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Super Rugby Pacific opening round likely to be postponed
The opening round of Super Rugby Pacific may have to be postponed, with members of the Moana Pasifika squad bracing for positive Covid-19 tests.
Moana Pasifika's final pre-season match is likely to… Audio
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The latest Covid-19 stories in the Pacific
Tonga's PM confirms Covid-19 variant in Kingdom is Omicron; Kiribati records 222 new Covid-19 cases; Fiji reports two more deaths, 75 new Covid-19 cases, and more.
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The latest Covid-19 stories in the Pacific
Several hundred more cases of Covid in Solomon Islands; Kiribati records first Covid death; nearly 12,000 in isolation in New Caledonia, and more.
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Fiji govt lifts Covid-19 restrictions, focuses on recovery
Audio 9 Feb 2022The Fiji government lifts Covid-19 restrictions as part of new strategic direction. Audio
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Today's sports news: What you need to know
In today's sports news - England coach steps down, Munster coach dies and Emma Gilmour commits to Rally New Zealand.
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Pacific Waves for 3 February 2022
Audio 3 Feb 2022Tonga in lockdown after health authorities confirm cases of Covid-19 in the kingdom; Fijians warned non-communicable diseases are a major contributing factor to deaths from Covid-19; And UNICEF is… Audio
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NCDs: Call for a national reset, focus in Fiji
Audio 3 Feb 2022Fijians warned non-communicable diseases are a major contributing factor to deaths from Covid-19. Audio