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Pacific Update with Barbara Dreaver: Kiribati ferry disaster coverup, shocking footage of rioting and looting in PNG

By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific Correspondent
November 24, 2018

1 NEWS' Pacific correspondent brings us the latest from around the region.

In this week’s Pacific Update, 1 News Barbara Dreaver looks at accusations of a Kiribati ferry disaster coverup, shocking footage of rioting and looting in PNG, a double celebration for the Cook Islands and the Irish being led in its celebratory win by a Samoan.

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