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News in Samoan for 5 December 2019
The latest news in Samoan language (Gagana Samoa). Audio
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World-first online measles chatbot
A world-first online measles chatbot designed by two young Pacific doctors in Auckland has gone gangbusters. Audio
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Top Stories for Thursday 5 December 2019
Audio 5 Dec 2019Samoa shuts down so hundreds of government workers can help with measles immunisation, a gynaecologist demands junior doctors stop examining unconscious patients without prior consent, and the… Audio
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Samoa prepares for two day shutdown to vaccinate nation
Let's go now to Samoa where a nationwide shutdown is about to be enforced by the Government as medical teams go door to door in an attempt to ensure every citizen is vaccinated against measles. The… Audio
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NZ Samoans facing sombre Christmas pray and fundraise
Samoans in Auckland are bracing themselves for a sombre Christmas as the measles death toll continues to rise in their homeland. More than a hundred people gathered in Mangere last night to pray and… Audio
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Protestors demand ODT cartoonist removed over racist drawing
Half-baked. That's how cartoonist Garrick Tremain's apology is being labelled. It came just hours after he refused to say sorry for a cartoon which made light of Samoa's measles crisis, when speaking… Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: compassionate coverage of Samoa's crisis contrasts with one crass cartoon
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about BoJo's no-shows in the UK; Air NZ's 'expert trolling,' casual racism forgiven - and how compassionate coverage of… Audio
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NZ's Race Relations Commissioner on Samoa measles cartoon and casual anti-semitism
Protesters gathered outside the Otago Daily Times in Dunedin today to show their anger at a cartoon which poked fun at the measles epidemic in Samoa. Audio
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Death toll rises to 60 in Samoa's measles epidemic
Five more deaths from measles have been recorded in the past 24 hours bringing the toll to 60 in the epidemic.
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UNICEF on Samoa measles outbreak: 'The situation is huge'
The main challenge for UNICEF staff working in Samoa during the measles epidemic is the increase in hospital admissions, the children's charity says.
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Nurses’ fatal vaccination error in Samoa was against parents' wishes
While Samoa's immunisation rates have never been high, a reluctance to get vaccinated has been blamed on an incident in 2018 when two babies died after they were administered botched MMR vaccines. Audio
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Tremain's work cut from Otago Daily Times after racist cartoon
Protesters gathered outside the Otago Daily Times in Dunedin today to show their anger at a cartoon which poked fun at the measles epidemic in Samoa.
In response, the newspaper has announced it will… Video, Audio
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How Samoas's mass measles vaccination will work
The death toll in Samoa from the measles epidemic rose to 60 on Wednesday after five more babies died overnight.
On Thursday the country will shut down for two days so mobile medical teams can visit… Video, Audio
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Parents of babies killed by nurses’ error urge Samoans to get immunised
Five more babies in Samoa have died after contracting measles, bringing the nation's death toll from the measles epidemic to 60.
While the country's immunisation rates have never been high, a… Video, Audio
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Clinic sorry for not giving Samoan boy MMR vaccine in Auckland
RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch asked the Prime Minister on Wednesday afternoon if it is acceptable a clinic in New Zealand denied Samoan toddler Frederick his MMR booster shot on Monday.
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Shock as Samoan toddler denied MMR vaccine in Auckland
The family of a 15-month-old Samoan boy denied a measles booster by a South Auckland medical clinic on Monday say their son was given antibiotics for a scratch but denied a vaccine because he was not… Video, Audio
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Tremain cartoon fails the standard, but offers a chance for change
Opinion - The function of a cartoon is to push boundaries and invite an audience to think about a matter differently. Garrick Tremain's Samoa cartoon failed on that measure, writes Richard Pamatatau. Audio
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ODT to cease publishing cartoonist's work during review
The Otago Daily Times is reviewing Garrick Tremain's future with the publication and will not publish any of his cartoons until the review is complete. Audio
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Measles misinformation - how it spreads
The death toll has now reached 60 in the Samoan measles epidemic. We speak to Siouxsie Wiles about misinformation around vaccines plus reaction to the ODT cartoon. Audio
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COP 25: Pacific nations demand greater commitments
Small island countries in the Pacific are demanding greater commitments at this week's Madrid climate talks, saying what's been done so far is far from enough.
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High vaccination rates keeping American Samoa measles free
American Samoans have been praised for their high vaccination rates and told this is preventing a measles outbreak.
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NZ newspaper to stop publishing cartoonist's work during review
New Zealand's Otago Daily Times is reviewing Garrick Tremain's future with the publication, after he created a cartoon joking about Samoa's measles epidemic.
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US man jailed in Samoa for importing meth
A US-based Samoan man has been jailed in Samoa for three years after being found guilty of possession and importation of methamphetamine.
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Death toll rises to 60 in Samoa's measles epidemic
Five more deaths from measles have been recorded in the past 24 hours bringing the toll to 60, as Samoa races to vaccinate its population.
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Midday News for 4 December 2019
Audio 4 Dec 2019Pike River families welcome news that re-entry into the mine could be done safely. The death toll of Samoa's measles crisis hits 60. Audio
