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Coronavirus: Expert warns more flights could be cancelled
An industry analyst is predicting more international flights will be cancelled if the coronavirus and consumer uncertainty it has created is not contained. Audio
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Dateline Pacific for 20 February 2020
Audio 20 Feb 2020PNG authorities urge collaborative effort to keep the country coronavirus free; Vanuatu's caretaker prime minister Charlot Salwai expresses faith in the next generation of leaders; Rehabilitative… Audio
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PNG authorities urge collaborative effort over virus threat
Authorities in Papua New Guinea say they're preparing as best as they can to respond to the threat of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Audio
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Coronavirus: Pacific evacuees released from quarantine in NZ
Pacific Islanders quarantined in New Zealand, after being evacuated from China over coronavirus fears, have been released today after passing health checks.
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Quarantine at naval base ends for first group of evacuees
More than 150 people quarantined at an Auckland naval base will leave today, two weeks after being evacuated from the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan in central China.
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Air NZ to reduce flights through Shanghai and Hong Kong
Air New Zealand is reducing the frequency of its flights through Shanghai and Hong Kong amid Coronavirus due to the changing customer demand.
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Dateline Pacific for Monday 17 Feb 2020
Audio 17 Feb 2020A Fijian student in Wuhan says misinformation about the coronavirus is spreading as fast as the disease. There are signs of a fresh influx of West Papuans into Papua New Guinea amid a protracted… Audio
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Fake news spreading - Fijian student in Wuhan
Audio 17 Feb 2020A Fijian student in Wuhan says misinformation about the coronavirus is spreading as fast as the disease. Audio
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Coronavirus: China travel restrictions extended by 8 days
The temporary restrictions on travel from China to New Zealand will remain in place for a further eight days.
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Sport: Global Rapid Rugby confident despite coronavirus curveball
Global Rapid Rugby organisers remain confident the tournament will go ahead as planned next month despite concerns over the coronavirus outbreak in China.
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Prof Raina MacIntyre - Corona virus / Covid-19 update
Professor Raina McIntyre leads the Biosecurity Research Program at the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. One of her key research areas is in epidemic responses to… Audio
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Bigger, fitter, more focused: Samoan boxer targets Tokyo dream
Samoan boxer Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali is remaining focused as he awaits his opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
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Fijian evacuees from Wuhan relieved to be in New Zealand
Two Fijian students quarantined at a New Zealand military base are glad to be out of Wuhan - the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. Audio
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CNMI tourism industry feels the pinch amid coronavirus fears
The Northern Marianas is beginning to feel the pinch with a lack of visitor arrivals and the tourist district a virtual ghost town.
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Dateline for 13 February 2020
Audio 13 Feb 2020Pacific climate activists have demonstrated outside the Australian Parliament, calling for the government to cut ties with the local Minerals Council; a Fijian student quarantined at a NZ military… Audio
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Fijian student happy to be out of Wuhan
Audio 13 Feb 2020A Fijian student quarantined at a New Zealand military base says she is happy to be out of Wuhan - the Chinese epicentre of the coronavirus. Audio
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Sport: Solomons says Pacific Games preparation still on track
Organisers of the 2023 Pacific Games have dismissed claims that the coronavirus outbreak in China will delay the construction of key infrastructure projects in Solomon Islands.
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Coronavirus global pandemic 'looking likely' - NZ public health expert
The new coronavirus appears to be spreading in a "silent transmission" pattern, and is looking far more like a pandemic than Sars was in 2003, a public health expert says. Audio
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Marshall Islands bans overseas govt travel over coronavirus
The Marshall Islands has issued an indefinite ban on all international travel by government employees and elected leaders to reduce risk of importing the coronavirus.
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As coronavirus spreads, so does racism and xenophobia
Opinion - Behind a down-to-earth facade, New Zealand is extremely racist, writes Jess Fu.
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Second NZer diagnosed with coronavirus onboard cruise ship
A second New Zealander has been diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus onboard a cruise ship in Japan.
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Tagata o te Moana for Sat 8 Feb 2020
Audio 8 Feb 2020A fortnight on from Cyclone Tino, Tuvalu's still reeling. Half the population has been affected, its government says, while in Niue, businesses are struggling without the island's only wharf; As the… Audio
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Dateline Pacific for 7 February 2020
More than 7000 people from the Papua New Guinea province of Madang are suing a mining company for US$5.3 billion in damages; two weeks on from Cyclone Tino, Tuvalu is still reeling from the… Audio
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Handwashing key to preventing coronavirus in Pacific
Public health preparations must improve in the Pacific as the threat of the coronavirus grows in the region, the Red Cross says. Audio
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Wuhan coronavirus: PNG thanks NZ for evacuating students
Papua New Guinea has thanked New Zealand for evacuating 17 PNG students from Wuhan - the Chinese epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
