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Dateline Pacific morning edotion for 21 September 2016
Lack of awareness breeds mistrust in PNG cyber-crime laws; Pacific calls for help on migration crisis at UN; Six months after Cyclone Winston, volunteers are leaving Fiji's Koro island; A Cook Islands… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 19 September 2016
Fiji's NGOs cautious about meeting after arrests; Leaders independence at Pacific Forum questioned; South Auckland theatre remodels Shakespeare through Pasifika; PNG outlier stranded by climate and… Audio
PNG outlier stranded by climate and lack of services
Most of the population on the remote atoll of Takuu (also known as Mortlock) in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville region have left the island as their unique way of life struggles to survive. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 16 September 2016
New legislation could help uncover abuse in Guam's Catholic Church; Major conservation summit outcomes not binding; Fiji's PM hits out at his NZ counterpart's criticism of last weeks arrest of… Audio
Major conservation summit outcomes not binding
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature's four-yearly World Conservation Congress has concluded in Hawaii where motions were passed on initiatives such as greater protection measures in… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 15 September 2016
A security anlyst says Forum membership for French territories is about reining in Fiji; Push to ensure Pacific women benefit from aid; PNG went to independence too early, says former Deputy PM… Audio
PNG went to independence too early, says former Deputy PM
A former Papua New Guinea deputy prime minister says he feels the country's recurring problems related to corruption stem from a failure to strengthen democratic institutions which was a consequence… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 14 September 2016
Pacific leaders say little on West Papua; MPs in Fiji react to political arrests by boycotting parliament; Horrors of Winston still vivid in Fiji children's minds; NZ cyclists raise funds for Samoa… Audio
7pm Pacific Regional News for 13 Septembewr 2016
The latest Pacific regional news. Audio
Vanuatu leader seeks to usher in reforms, bridge gap
Vanuatu's deputy prime minister says consultations around planned constitutional reforms are on track as his party seeks to bridge the generation gap with younger ni-Vanuatu. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 8 September 2016
Pacific TB hot spots get US funding; A Vanuatu language adapts to social change; Pinking up the public sector in the Pacific; Homeless Fijians scavenging for wood as materials delay continues; NZ… Audio
A Vanuatu language adapts to social change
Social change in the form of increased mobility and advances in telecommunications aren't neccessarily detrimental to the survival of endangered languages, according to a linguistics expert who has… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 8 September 2016
Homeless Fijians scavenging for wood as materials delay continues; NZ called on to do more in Pacific climate battle; New Zealand midwives are accused of racism; Samoa has launched a national inquiry… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 7 September 2016
Oxfam wants change in Pacific climate aid; Pacific NGO's pleased with Forum engagement space; No sign yet of Cook Islands prison audit; Calls are being made in Bougainville for a memorial to be… Audio
Somare apologises for shaming PNG after bribe accusations
The former PNG prime minister, Sir Michael Somare, has apologised for the shame he's caused the country after being accused of accepting a million dollar bribe. Audio
High level corruption under spotlight in PNG
Papua New Guina's capacity to hold high-level corruption to account is under the spotlight after the former prime minister Sir Michael Somare was implicated in a Singapore money laundering case. Audio
Major global conservation summit underway in Hawaii
Hawaii is hosting the world's largest conservation meeting, with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature holding its World Conservation Congress under the theme of "Planet at the… Audio
Call for PNG police reinforcement in Tari over tribal fighting
There are calls for more police deployments to Papua New Guinea's Hela province where inter-tribal fighting has flared in and around the provincial capital Tari over the past week. Audio
