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Pacific Update with Barbara Dreaver: Political violence in PNG and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's planned trip to Tonga and Fiji

By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific Correspondent
June 15, 2018

In the latest edition of Pacific Update with Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS' Pacific correspondent wraps up the week's news from around the Pacific.

In the latest edition of Pacific Update with Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS' Pacific correspondent wraps up the week's news from around the Pacific.

In this week's edition, we look at political violence in Papua New Guinea, a court date for a former Tongan Prime Minister, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's upcoming visit to Tonga and Fiji. 

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