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Pacific Update: Stormy weather batters Polynesia, boxing legend Jimmy Thunder dies after brain surgery

By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific Correspondent
February 19, 2020

1 NEWS’ Barbara Dreaver has the latest from around the Pacific region.

In this week’s Pacific Update, 1 NEWS Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver has the latest dramatic footage as stormy weather hits Polynesia.

There's been a touching farewell for PNG soldiers helping with Australian bushfires, and boxing legend Jimmy Thunder has died after brain surgery.

All this plus funny social media videos on this week’s bulletin.

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