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Pacific Update with Barbara Dreaver: Polio outbreak in PNG, and Tongan-American woman looks for love in her homeland

By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific Correspondent
July 20, 2018

1 NEWS' Pacific correspondent gives a round-up of news from the region.

In the latest edition of Pacific Update with Barbara Dreaver, we look at a polio outbreak in PNG, and a Tongan-American woman looking for love in her homeland, a journey that's gone viral. 

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