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Pacific Waves for Wednesday 18 December 2013
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Tokelau to get new passenger ship that may use wind power
4:06 PM.Tokelau is likely to use marine kites to partly power a new passenger ship. Audio
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Carteret Islanders want Bougainville move but house building slow
4:05 PM.Bougainville NGO says plight of islanders on the remote Carterets becoming increasingly difficult but transferring them to the main island held up by slow house building programme. Audio
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PNG Speaker defends his plans for reformation of parliament
4:04 PM.PNG's Speaker of parliament defends his plans to remove artefacts from the parliament building amid a public outcry and claims that he is destroying the country's cultural heritage. Audio
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Inquiry report labelled 'death sentence'
4:03 PM.The outcome of a parliamentary inquiry into Pacific languages in early childhood education in New Zealand is being labelled a death sentence for some languages and a blow to raising Pasifika… Read more Audio
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Cooks up for millions more for LA-Rarotonga link
4:01 PM.It's likely the Cook Islands government could pay millions more a year to guarantee Air New Zealand a profit to fly the Los Angeles to Rarotonga service. Audio
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 18 December 2013
4:00 PM.The Cook Islands faces an increase of millions to maintain Air New Zealand's LA-Rarotonga service; A Papua New Guinea health worker denies a government assertion that sorcery is in people's minds; The… Read more Audio
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PNG health worker denies government assertions around sorcery
7:02 AM.A Papua New Guinea health worker says sorcery is not just a creation of people's minds and sorcerers are immune to harm. Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 18 December 2013
7:00 AM.PNG Speaker defends his plans for reformation of parliament; Carteret Islanders want Bougainville move but house building slow; Business owners in Vanuatu worry that new occupations added to the list… Read more Audio