8 Feb 2020

Tagata o te Moana for Sat 8 Feb 2020

From Tagata o te Moana, 5:30 pm on 8 February 2020

A fortnight on from Cyclone Tino, Tuvalu's still reeling. Half the population has been affected, its government says, while in Niue, businesses are struggling without the island's only wharf; As the Wuhan coronavirus spreads further, Pacific countries take extra steps to tighten their borders; 7000 plaintiffs in Papua New Guinea plan to sue a mining company for billions; A health provider tackles social isolation in Christchurch's Pacific community; A new theatre production in Auckland hopes to break down subjects considered taboo in many Pacific families; And, Fiji cricket mourns the untimely death of its former captain.

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