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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 22 October 2014
Difficulties fester in Australia's asylum seeker deal with PNG; Pacific countries take measures against the deadly Ebola virus; Secretariat of the Pacific Community calls for shark lines to be banned… Audio
Difficulties fester in Australia's asylum seeker deal with PNG
Ongoing difficulties in Australia's asylum seeker deal with PNG could yet cause great political embarrasment for Canberra. Audio
PNG police brutality highlights troublesome link to loggers
Calls continue for Papua New Guinea police working for logging companies to be removed amid unresolved claims of police brutality against landowner communities opposed to logging. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 16 October 2014
PNG Governors dicuss greater autonomy; Solomons police chief to bring in new leadership; New security for staff at Papua new Guinea's national broadcaster after assaults; Global Handwashing Day… Audio
PNG Governors discuss greater autonomy.
Governors of Papua New Guinea's provinces have been meeting in Kavieng to discuss common issues and efforts to gain more autonomy. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 15 October 2014
ILO mission says much work ahead for Fiji over labour relations; Giant Hawaiian telescope to look back in time; Tonga govt warns wage demand unaffordable; WHO forecasts longer life expectancy in the… Audio
PNG Higher Education looks to improve tertiary intake
Papua New Guinea's Minister of Higher Education looks for streamlining the system to improve the intake of students from secondary school into tertiary institutions. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 9 October 2014
Tokelau recovers from chikungunya; New challenges ahead for journalists in Fiji; UNESCO consults in Tonga over the Langi Tombs; Papua New Guinea steps up efforts to beat tuberculosis; Solomons civil… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 8 October 2014
Spirit of unity at first sitting of Fiji parliament - Speaker; Memorial to be unveiled in Wellington to WWII Coastwatchers; Hawaii lava flow a slow motion disaster; Samoan government urges people to… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 1 October 2014
Kavo conviction in PNG seen as tip of iceberg; Tonga government in breach of contract with Real Tonga airlines; American Samoa grants over 4,000 immigration amnesty; Landowners in PNG's Bougainville… Audio
Kavo conviction in PNG seen as tip of iceberg
The conviction last week of a Papua New Guinea MP, Governor of Gulf Province, Havila Kavo, for misuse of public funds may point to a much bigger problem with corruption. Audio
Santo leaders show interest in Vanuatu nickel project
A Vanuatu nickel smelter, involving companies from New Caledonia and China, is now looking more likely. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 29 September 2014
Ruling Cook Islands Party could lose majority after court decision; Fiji's parliament to be among region's most developed; Security company under the gun for Manus activity, and; Call for more to be… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 29 September 2014
Security company under the gun for Manus activity; Call for more to be done for Pacific people affected by climate change; American Samoa nears establishment of public sex offender registry; Film… Audio
Need for better management of PNG trust funds
PNG's government faces a growing need to improve the management of trust funds after the conviction of another MP for misuse of public money. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 25 September 2014
New Fiji cabinet installed; Long-term Fiji poll observer impressed; Rotavirus claims 2 lives and infects 500 in Kiribati Solomon Islands Elections; new lists, new laws, same old habits; Pacific… Audio
