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Pacific Waves for Monday 27 March 2017
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 27 March 2017
4:06 PM.New Zealand's Pasifika Festival remembers 25 years; Drones offer possible service option for Vanuatu; Internet cable step closer for Cooks; PNG takes first steps towards eradicating child labour… Read more Audio
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New Zealand's Pasifika Festival remembers 25 years
4:05 PM.Thousands of visitors attended Auckland's Pasifika festival 25th anniversary celebrations over the weekend. Read more Audio
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Drones offer possible service option for Vanuatu
4:04 PM.In a few years, remote outer islands in Vanuatu could have vaccines and other medical supplies delivered rapidly - by drone. Read more Audio
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Internet cable step closer for Cooks
4:03 PM.The Cook Islands government is hoping a deal will be signed off next month to bring high-speed broadband to Samoa, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Niue. Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 27 March 2017
6:06 AM.PNG takes first steps towards eradicating child labour; A solar power project in Fiji will bring electricity to areas that have never had it; Samoa says it's medivaccing to India instead of New… Read more Audio
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PNG takes first steps to address child labour problem
6:05 AM.The International Labour Organisation says Papua New Guinea's government has taken initial steps towards eradicating child labour, but that much work needs to be done in the long term, and that… Read more Audio
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Solar power project helps families in rural Fiji
6:04 AM.A solar power project in Fiji is providing power to remote households in Viti Levu, which was hardest hit by last year's Cyclone Winston. Read more Audio
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Samoa sending medical patients to India instead of NZ
6:03 AM.Samoa has begun sending patients needing medical treatment overseas to India instead of New Zealand. Read more Audio
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Fiji's Minister says oceans conference will be 'game-changer'
6:02 AM.Fiji says this year's United Nations Ocean Conference could be a game-changer for the future of the Pacific. Read more Audio
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Bougainville Rio Tinto suit still on
6:01 AM.The President of Bougainville, John Momis, says his government is going ahead with legal action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the destruction caused by the Panguna Mine. Read more Audio
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Call for Fiji Roads Authority overhaul
6:00 AM.An Opposition MP in Fiji wants an overhaul of the Fiji Roads Authority, citing a lack of efficiency as a reason for the call. Read more Audio