1 NEWS' Pacific correspondent, Barbara Dreaver wraps up the week's news from around the Pacific.
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A newly-registered Tongan midwife in New Zealand says Pacific midwives need to get paid more to better reflect the extra work they do.
Currently just over two percent of all midwives in the country are of Pacific descent but many more islanders are needed to service the fast-growing Pacific population.
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Combining the Maori word for 'guardian of the ocean' and the Samoan word for 'rainbow' or 'hope', the Kiwa Nuanua summit aimed to motivate and inspire more Pacific people to pursue opportunities in the technology industry.
Cook Islander, Brittany Teei, instigated the gathering saying Pacific people had the potential to make huge inroads in technology.
The software firm CEO hoped to inspire others to think outside the box and take ownership of their ideas.
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UNICEF says vaccination programmes for children in the Pacific have made significant progress, but great challenges remain.
The United Nations children's agency says most of the region's countries have reached, or are close to reaching, a target of 90 percent of children immunised against serious illnesses.
But an estimated 1,700 children in the Pacific still die because of vaccine-preventable illnesses.
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Fiji are one win away from a place at the Netball World Cup after outclassing the Cook Islands 55-38 in Auckland last night.
The Pearls made it two wins from two at the Oceania qualifiers, joining Samoa atop the competition standings.
Prior to this week Fiji had not won a match at international level since 2015 and coach Vicki Wilson said the confidence a win brings to a team is amazing.
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The Commonwealth Games have concluded with the Pacific recording their best medal haul in 16 years.
Weightlifting led the way with 11 medals while boxing, lawn bowls, athletics, rugby sevens and beach volleyball combined for another seven.
The Pacific won 18 medals on the Gold Coast, their best return since winning 21 at the 2002 Games in Manchester.
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Vanuatu is celebrating a second Commonwealth Games medal after their women's beach volleyball team beat Cyprus in the playoff for bronze.
Miller Pata and Linline Matauatu were in complete control at Coolangatta Beach, winning in straight sets 21-14 21-10.
After playing together on the Beach Volleyball World Tour, in the Pacific Games and at World Championships, Linline Matauatu said they didn't feel any added pressure with a medal on the line.
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1 NEWS' Pacific correspondent, Barbara Dreaver wraps up the week's news from around the Pacific.
