Pacific Waves for Wednesday 11 March 2020
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Dateline Pacific for 11 March 2020
5:05 AM.The Marshall Islands bans all incoming travel for two weeks as it tries to keep the coronavirus out; All football tournaments in Oceania have been postponed because of Covid-19; The Cook Islands… Read more Audio
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Marshalls bans inbound travel to try and keep Covid-19 out
5:04 AM.Small Pacific states continue to battle in different ways to ensure that Covid-19 doesn't enter their territories. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: All Oceania football tournaments postponed
5:03 AM.The Oceania Football Confederation has postponed all tournaments and meetings until 6 May in an effort to protect teams and officials from the threat of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Read more Audio
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Cooks' Democrats go into bat for sacked clerk of Parliament
5:02 AM.The Cook Islands Democratic Party says sacked parliamentary clerk Tangata Vainerere has been made the scapegoat after a cost blowout in extensions to the parliament debating chamber. Read more Audio
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Cook Islands' first Pride Week this weekend
5:01 AM.The Cook Islands will host its first pride day this weekend, as the country's LGBT community gears up for battle to have homosexuality removed from the Crimes Act. Read more Audio
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Kiribati, Rotuman languages in NZ language weeks
5:00 AM.Kiribati and Rotuma - for the first time - have been included in this year's New Zealand Pacific Language Weeks. Read more Audio
