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Pacific Waves for Tuesday 9 October 2018
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 9 October 2018
4:06 PM.Concerns mount for the welfare of detainess on Nauru as Doctors Without Borders is booted off the island; A Chinese woman's arrest again puts the spotlight on birth tourism in the Northern Marianas… Read more Audio
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Mental health 'severe' on Nauru - Australian doctor
4:05 PM.There are growing concerns for the welfare of detainees on Nauru after its government ordered an end to the mental health service provided by Doctors Without Borders. Read more Audio
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CNMI birth tourism spotlighted after woman's arrest
4:04 PM.The arrest of a woman from China in the Northern Marianas has again put the the spotlight on birth tourism in the US territory. Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 9 October 2018
5:05 AM.Niue won't raise the New Zealand flag or sing its anthem during constitution day celebrations later this month; a landowner group in Papua New Guinea is urging the government not to renew the mining… Read more Audio
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Niue to skip NZ flag & anthem during Constitution Day
5:04 AM.Niue won't raise the New Zealand flag or sing its anthem during constitution day celebrations later this month, in an unusual move an MP says has emerged from a tiff between the two countries. Read more Audio
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PNG landowners push for miner's exit from Porgera
5:03 AM.Canadian mining company Barrick Gold is seeking a renewal of its licence in Papua New Guinea at Enga province's Porgera gold mine. But the Justice Foundation for Porgera group, which claims to… Read more Audio
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French Polynesia's Air Moorea crash finally goes to court
5:02 AM.The trial over the 2007 Air Moorea plane crash, which killed all on board, opens in French Polynesia. Read more Audio