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People in PNG's East New Britain startled awake by big quake
People in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain were woken early on Good Friday by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake. It's the same area around the south east coast of New Britain where a 6.3 quake hit on… Audio
Foreign minister underlines PNG's regional leadership
Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato says his country has growing strategic importance as the link between Asia and the Pacific Islands region. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 26 March 2018
Does Indonesia belong in the Melanesian Spearhead Group?; Australia launches new links with Pacific schools; payday for Samoa's copra farmers after a US deal signed; Bougainville raises awareness of… Audio
Crocodile threat persists in Manus
Deadly crocodile attacks are a persistent problem in Papua New Guinea's northernmost province of Manus. Audio
A third of all health facilities down in PNG's quake-hit region
A third of all health facilities in Papua New Guinea's provinces of Southern Highlands and Hela have closed as a result of last month's major earthquake disaster. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 22 March 2018
Auckland gears up for the 26th Pasifika Festival; Fiji's Green Bond used to inspire emerging markets; Catholic Church in Guam remains mired in scandal; Indonesia says it is not in the MSG to undermine… Audio
Vanuatu kava industry to keep door open on tudei
There are fears that changing the quality of kava exports from Vanuatu could again threaten the reputation of the country's prize crop. Vanuatu's kava industry is debating the merits of easing… Audio
NZ to be more of a 'true partner' to Pacific, says Peters
New Zealand's Foreign Minister says that compared to the previous administration, the new government is going to put its money where its mouth is in terms of aid to the Pacific Winston Peters says the… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 15 March 2018
Tensions rise in Temotu as expiry of Australian miner's licenses loom; A Solomon Islands' academic says the leadership style in his home country needs to change; Pacific artists gather in Wellington… Audio
Relief supplies start flowing into PNG's Southern Highlands
Emergency relief supplies in Papua New Guinea's earthquake-hit Southern Highlands province are slowly starting to reach affected communities, but damage from the 7.5 quake two weeks ago is extensive.
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