Pacific Beat
Music video sparks debate about cultural decay in PNG Audio
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A hip-hop artist in Papua New Guinea has become a social media sensation following the release of his recent 'Bootylicious' music video.
Topics: music, feminism, women, pacific, papua-new-guinea
Pilot vaccination program aims to protect 18,000 schoolgirls against cervical cancer Audio
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Papua New Guinea has launched a vaccination program to prevent cervical cancer.
Topics: cervical-and-vulval-cancers, vaccines-and-immunity, pacific, papua-new-guinea
Income for half of PNG's population at risk from 'borer beetle' outbreak Audio
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The emergence of the borer beetle in two of Papua New Guinea's highlands provinces has the potential to devastate the country's coffee industry, jeopardising the main cash crop there.
Topics: agricultural-crops, tea-coffee, pacific, papua-new-guinea
Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva defends his call to close Tonga Broadcasting Commission Audio
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Tongan Prime Minister, Akilisi Pohiva, is defending his call for the national Broadcasting Commission to be closed down or sold off.
Topics: government-and-politics, media, journalism, pacific, tonga
Heads of Pacific fisheries stress the importance of coastal resources over ocean stocks Audio
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The emergence of the borer beetle in two of Papua New Guinea's highlands provinces has the potential to devastate the country's coffee industry, jeopardising the main cash crop there.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, pacific, new-caledonia
PNG currency needs a 20 per cent devaluation says think-tank Audio
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There are renewed calls for the Papua New Guinea currency, the kina, to be devalued by up to 20 per cent.
Topics: currency, money-and-monetary-policy, pacific, papua-new-guinea
General Hospital in Port Moresby receives boost with first MRI machine Audio
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The General Hospital in Port Moresby has taken delivery of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner, the first of its kind in Papua New Guinea.
Topics: health, science-and-technology, pacific, papua-new-guinea
Honiara residents take city and hospital cleanup into their own hands Audio
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Exasperated residents in Solomon Islands capital, Honiara, have taken to social media to organise a cleanup at the National Referral Hospital where the frontage has been overwhelmed with rubbish and weeds.
Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, pacific, solomon-islands
Pacific Challenge working well as pathway for future rugby stars Audio
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The Fiji Warriors head into the final round of the World Rugby Pacific Challenge tomorrow in pole position to retain their title.
Topics: sport, rugby-union, pacific
PNG Hunters bid for a hat trick of Intrust Super Cup wins Audio
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The PNG Hunters are on the road again this weekend as they take on Souths Logan Magpies in round three of the Intrust Super Cup.
Topics: rugby-league, pacific, papua-new-guinea
Star NZ batsman Ross Taylor joins PNG coaching ranks for Middle East tour Audio
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The Papua New Guinea cricket team are on their way to the Middle East for a month long tour that will feature warm up games against some of England's top first class players, ahead of a series against the United Arab Emirates in the World Cricket League and the four-day Intercontinental Cup.
Topics: cricket, pacific, papua-new-guinea
First woman to enter Chuuk state senate promises to bring big changes Audio
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For the first time in its history, Chuuk province of the Federated States of Micronesia will have a woman in the state senate.
Topics: government-and-politics, women, pacific, micronesia-federated-states-of
Delays threaten laws governing political parties in PNG Audio
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Proposed changes to the Law Governing Political Parties in Papua New Guinea may not be passed this year.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, political-parties, pacific, papua-new-guinea
Land disputes force runway closures in Solomon Islands Audio
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A dispute over land ownership has forced Solomon Islands national airline to suspend its domestic service to the easternmost province of Temotu.
Topics: air-transport, land-rights, pacific, solomon-islands
Call for action to curb excessive spending on NZ Samoan communal obligations Audio
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A New Zealand Samoan academic is calling for strong action to be taken to curb the financial impost on members of the Samoan community.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, pacific, new-zealand, samoa
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