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A weekly Pacific magazine programme features New Zealand and regional Pacific news, issues, information and music. This programme is also simulcast domestically on Radio New Zealand National.
Tagata o te Moana for 25 August 2018
New Zealand's first Pacific Pharmacists' Association has launched with support from PHARMAC, the New Zealand government's drug-funding agency; the South Pacific is a key focus for a new fellowship established to help convey previously untold histories from New Zealand and the region; a South Auckland teacher is using the stories of Pacific heroes to help lift learning and achievement rates for Pacific kids in New Zealand; the conversation surrounding the possible independence of Chuuk from the Federated States of Micronesia has heated up, with the local US Ambassador and a former president warning of dire consequences if it happens; Helen Clark is urging political parties in Solomon Islands to support women planning to contest both the national and provincial elections next year; an art exhibition in Auckland is tackling the big issues facing Pacific communities, including colonisation, stigmatisation and the modern identity; business operators on Norfolk Island say the territory is still reeling from the imposition of the Australian national wage award system two months ago.
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