Paralympian Irene Mar wants to change views on disability in Fiji
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After making a big impression at her debut Paralympics, 19-year-old Fijian Irene Mar is keen to change people's preconceived ideas in her homeland about people living with a disability. Mar talks us through her historic para-taekwondo victory and Paralympics experience as well as the hurdles she had to overcome to get there. Bobby Macumber is also joined by Patricia Keamo to keep us across all the latest Papua New Guinea news plus Tongan Kalo Manu-Moli chats local news and plenty from across the islands.
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