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Pacific Waves: News In Depth
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RSE scheme exploitation: 'There's a real fear for the boys'
Pacific Island RSE workers are being neglected, mistreated and exploited in New Zealand, according to a submission reviewed by a Parliament select committee.
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News in Brief from around the Pacific Saturday 21st May
Four more positive Covid cases were reported in Kiribati; Tonga eases restrictions further; 331 new cases in Samoa and more PNG rugby league players getting NRL exposure
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AFP calls Solomons' opposition claims 'categorically false'
Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale is urging the Australian government to investigate a rental deal involving the Australian Federal Police and a government politician in Honiara.
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NZ govt commits to Pacific broadcasting in the region
New Zealand's Budget will commit $4.4 million for a new transmitter for RNZ Pacific ensuring the future of the service.
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Vanuatu still in Gina's grip
Tropical Cyclone Gina continues to impact on Vanuatu, moving southeast through the country's southern islands.
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Community group slams Fiji minister as out of touch over food costs
A community development organisation in Fiji has criticised a government minister for telling people to "learn to make adjustments" to avoid feeling the impacts of rising food prices.
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Featured stories
It's time to deliver on climate financing, says Cook Islands PM
By the Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown*
Opinion - After years of empty promises by major emitters, it's time to deliver on climate financing.
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Episode 2: White Man's Law (Niue) | Untold Pacific History
What led Commissioner Larsen, the New Zealand administrator of Niue in the 1950s, to be murdered in his bed by three locals hell-bent on justice and revenge? Video, Audio
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Episode 1: Waking Up to the Dawn Raids (Aotearoa) | Untold Pacific History
Of the many events affecting Pasifika people in Aotearoa, the Dawn Raids story is overdue to be told. Long whispered about in secret family conversations, people have heard the words ‘Dawn Raids’ but not what really happened. Video, Audio
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'There's no shame': Pasifika mums urged to get help for depression
Pacific women in Aotearoa New Zealand have the highest rates of antenatal, postnatal and perinatal depression, yet low numbers to get help. Sela Jane Hopgood asks why.
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Pasifika journalist speaks out on having perinatal depression: 'It got so bad'
7 May 2021First Person - Pasifika journalist Sela Jane Hopgood was sceptical when offered medication for perinatal depression, but, she writes, saying yes saved her life.
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Samoa election crisis: What you need to know
27 May 2021Explainer - Samoa has been struggling with a confrontational constitutional crisis. Audio
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History made in NZ with first Pasifika judge outside Auckland
The New Zealand city of Lower Hutt has become the first, outside Auckland, with a Pasifika resident district court judge Michael Alaifatu Mika. Audio
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Pacific language video series highlights key facts about strokes
A new video series in Pacific languages aims to bust health myths surrounding stroke.
Presenters
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Don Wiseman
Station: International
Programme: World & Pacific News
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Koroi Hawkins
Station: International
Programmes: Pacific Waves, Pacific Waves
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Vinnie Wylie
Station: International
Programmes: Champions of the Pacific, World & Pacific News
Programmes
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World & Pacific News
A bulletin of Pacific News and a sports report.
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Tagata o te Moana
A weekly Pacific magazine programme features New Zealand and regional Pacific news, issues, information and music. This programme is also simulcast domestically on RNZ National.
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News in Pacific Languages
Pacific language news bulletins in Tongan, Samoan, Pidgin, French, Cook Islands Maori and Niuean.
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Champions of the Pacific
A weekly sports show exploring the triumphs, struggles and passions of the Pasifika athlete. Wednesdays at 9:40pm or via shortwave and digital broadcast from early Wednesday on RNZ…
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Pacific Waves
A daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in…
