25 episodes
Pacific Beat ABC News
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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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Vanuatu teachers strike ends after agreement reached with government
Tune in each morning and afternoon to keep-up-to-date on the happenings in the Pacific.
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Kanak pro-independence parties postpone talks ahead of French elections
An important meeting between pro-independence parties in New Caledonia has been postponed, prompting speculations of division within the independence movement.
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The wait is over with the 10th Micronesian Games set to open at last in Marshall Islands
Majuro set to welcome some two thousand athletes, as Marshall Islands takes on hosting duties for the Micronesian Games for the first time since the event began back in 1969.
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Vanuatu votes for political change as referendum results is announced
In Vanuatu, more than half of voters have endorsed a proposal to change the constitution and bring about political stability, but for many communities, there's uncertainty about what impact it will have on their lives.
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Australian gifted Fiji patrol boat runs aground on its first mission
An Australian donated Fiji navy patrol boat, RFNS Puamau, has run aground while on its first mission. It's stranded on the small island of Fulaga in Fiji's remote Lau group of islands.
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Vanuatu constitutional referendum results deferred over polling data “mis-matches”
Vanuatu's Electoral Commission has deferred its announcement of the results of the country's constitutional referendum because of what it calls "mismatches" in polling data. Voting started a fortnight ago with people choosing whether or not to support constitutional amendments aimed at improving political stability.