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Pacific Beat
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Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.
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Latest drugs bust in Vanuatu points to an international syndicate operation
Mar 1700:51:57Tap to summarizeVanuatu's Internal Affairs Minister says that their latest drugs bust of two tonnes of cocaine on an abandoned yacht bears the hallmarks of an international drug syndicate operation.
Transcribe →Breakaway MPs form new coalition as Solomons PM faces power challenge
Mar 1600:43:38Tap to summarizeA notice for a no-confidence vote has been lodged against Solomons' Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele. It comes as the former health minister says dozens of government members walked out because of mistrust within the government.
Transcribe →NZ PM denies requesting Samoa chiefly title
Mar 1500:49:01Tap to summarizeThe decision to bestow a Samoan Chiefly title on the New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has found itself in controversy as questions arise over who asked for it and whether it has already been taken.
Transcribe →Fiji's HIV epidemic is worsening with infections up more than 25 per cent from the previous year
Mar 1200:48:55Tap to summarizeFiji's HIV epidemic is worsening with infections up more than 25 per cent from the previous year.
Transcribe →Referral of PNG's Chief Justice to public prosecutor sparks heated debate online
Mar 1100:48:59Tap to summarizeThe referral of PNG's Chief Justice, Sir Gibbs Salika, to the public prosecutor for failing to declare additional income has sparked heated debate on social media.
Transcribe →PNG's franchise in Australia's NRL continues to take shape with the selection of a site for the team to live
Mar 1000:46:01Tap to summarizePNG's franchise in Australia's National Rugby League competition continues to take shape with the selection of a site for the team to live.
Transcribe →Corruption charges dropped against Jacob Yafai
Mar 900:47:38Tap to summarizePapua New Guinea's Supreme Court has quashed most of the convictions against the senior bureaucrat at the centre of the country's biggest corruption case.
Transcribe →Manaro Volcano ashfall spoils water supplies and destroy crops on Ambae Island
Mar 800:49:13Tap to summarizeAsh fall from the Manaro Volcano has destroyed food gardens and spoiled water supplies for communities on Vanuatu's Ambae Island.
Transcribe →Ambae Island residents warned to prepared for evacuation as Manaro Volcano rumbles
Mar 500:47:04Tap to summarizePeople on Vanuatu's Ambae Island have been warned to prepare to evacuate their homes as the Manaro Volcano continues to rumble.
Transcribe →PNG election body still waiting on funds for 2027 polls
Mar 400:50:23Tap to summarizePNG national elections, held every five years, have been deeply troubled, marred by violence, corruption and fraud, particularly in the volatile highlands.
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