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Lasting trauma for PNG's quake-affected communities

15:05 pm on 13 August 2018

Many communities in Papua New Guinea's Highlands region remain traumatised and in need of help nearly six months on from a major earthquake.

February's magnitude 7.5 quake killed at least 180 people, caused widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure and - according to the UN- directly affected over 500-thousand people

Johnny Blades has been in the quake zone and filed this report.

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The earthquake disaster has left many Highlanders facing an uncertain future. Photo: RNZ Pacific/ Koroi Hawkins