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Pacific Waves for Monday 25 January 2016
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 25 January 2016
4:06 PM.Vanuatu election winners confident of forming government; Concern about terrorism vulnerability in New Guinea; Global need for more marine protected areas; The American Samoa Governor fears for Samoan… Read more Audio
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Vanuatu election winners confident of forming government
4:05 PM.A newly-elected MP for Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, says he is confident the multi-party bloc he is part of will get the numbers needed to form the next government. Audio
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Concern about terrorism vulnerability in New Guinea
4:04 PM.Concern has been raised on both sides of the land border between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea about the region's vulnerability to terrorism. Audio
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Global need for more marine protected areas
4:03 PM.The year 2015 saw huge progress towards the protection of the world's oceans with an estimated 60 percent of the total protected ocean surface area declared in the last twelve months alone. Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 25 January 2016
6:05 AM.Vanuatu went to the polls on Friday to elect a new 53-member parliament; Concern is raised over PNG agriculture minister's import policy; Academics skeptical of benefit of Fiji land purchase to… Read more Audio
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PNG agriculture minister's import policy concerns SMEs
6:04 AM.The head of the Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry is standing by his criticism of the Papua New Guinea Agriculture Minister for his handling of vegetable imports. Audio
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Unofficial Vanuatu election results released
6:04 AM.Vanuatu went to the polls on Friday to elect a new 53-member parliament. Audio
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Skepticism over Kiribati purchase of Fiji land
6:03 AM.Academic researchers are investigating the practicality of Kiribati purchasing land in Fiji as a climate change adaptation strategy. Audio
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American Samoa Governor fears for Samoan culture
6:02 AM.American Samoa's Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has expressed concern that English is becoming the dominant language of youth in the territory, and is becoming a threat to Samoan culture and way of… Read more Audio
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Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, PNG at risk of invasive plant
6:01 AM.A new study may help halt the advance of an extremely invasive plant, which has decimated two thirds of the vegetation of French Polynesia. Audio
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PNG rural communities blaming cancer on witchcraft
6:00 AM.The Papua New Guinea Cancer Relief Society says more needs to be done to educate rural communities cancer sufferers seek help rather than blame their predicament on sorcery. Audio