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Pacific Waves for Thursday 9 March 2017
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 9 March 2017
4:06 PM.Solomon Islands tightens its child adoption laws; Opponents of a plan to build a giant telescope in Hawaii vow to fight on; Fiji joins New Zealand in banning a dirty cargo ship; There is a call for… Read more Audio
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Solomon Islands tightens its child adoption laws
4:04 PM.The Solomon Islands parliament has tightened the conditions for non-residents who want to adopt local children. Audio
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Opponents of plan to build telescope in Hawaii vow to fight on
4:03 PM.A second hearing has wrapped up for a proposal to build a billion dollar telescope on a sacred Hawaiian volcano. Audio
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Calls for resignation of Fiji's UN Ambassador
6:04 AM.Fiji's opposition SODELPA party has called for the resignation of the Fijian ambassador to the United Nations after she described the rights and concerns of Indigenous Fijians as institutionalised… Read more Audio
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PNG women get crash course in parliament
6:03 AM.An intending female candidate in this year's Papua New Guinea general election is relishing a chance to better understand the rules of engagement in parliamentary politics. Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 9 March 2017
5:06 AM.New human rights training for PNG police; Commonwealth unveils plan to end domestic violence; Tongan authorities promote good hygiene after Typhoid cases; Tonga PM says Finance Minister had to go; A… Read more Audio
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Fiji joins New Zealand in banning dirty cargo ship
5:05 AM.The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji has stopped an Indonesian cargo ship from entering Fijian waters after it was ordered to leave New Zealand. Read more Audio