Oriana TV Election Special – Tupe sits down with 3 candidates from the Labour Party, National Party and the Green Party
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American Samoa's governor has ordered flights between Pago Pago and Hawaii be suspended until September.
The last Hawaiian Airlines flight in and out of Pago Pago was in March, as the territory shut down because of coronavirus concerns.
That flight ban was due to be lifted at the end of the month, but with Covid-19 resurgent in Hawaii, Lolo Matalasi Moliga has extended the suspension.
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The foreign ministers of the Pacific Islands Forum countries are calling for the member states to work together to overcome Covid-19.
They have issued a joint statement, saying that the pandemic poses unique challenges for the Pacific.
The island geography, the limited medical infrastructure, and communal ways of Pacific life, mean even one case of Covid-19, in any country, represents a major threat.
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Four new confirmed covid-19 cases in Papua New Guinea come from staff in the main labatory that tests for the virus.
The country's Health Secretary, Dr Paison Dakulala, announced the cases in PNG's capital, taking the total confirmed cases in PNG so far to fifteen.
The Post Courier reports that all four cases are staff members at the Central Public Health Laboratory at Port Moresby General Hospital.
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The Samoan government is looking seriously at banning Facebook in the country.
TV1Samoa reports Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi saying this week that many people had complained about the popular social media platform and how it is being used to hurt people.
"I am thinking about this a lot especially how it is being used to make defamatory statements about others," he said.
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Sir Toke Talagi, the former long time leader of Niue, has died. The four-term premier has been ailing for the past few years, to the point where much of his last year as premier was spent in New Zealand for medical treatment.
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New Caledonia has detected another Covid-19 case.
The French High Commission in Noumea said the individual tested positive at the end of the quarantine in the quarters set aside for the military.
It said it compliance with the provisions in New Caledonia, the person has been transferred to the Covid-19 unit at the hospital although he is asymptomatic.
A further test is expected to be done today.
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Oriana TV Election Special – Tupe sits down with 3 candidates from the Labour Party, National Party and the Green Party
Hosted and moderated by Newshub National Correspondent Patrick Gower the leaders debate will see Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and National Party Leader Judith Collins go head to head to debate the