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Friday 24 May 2013 | Published in Environment

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Over 10,000 puru (coconut husk) blocks baited with poison will be distributed right across Rarotonga in the coming weeks to control what is now an outbreak of the oriental fruit fly.

Over 10,000 puru (coconut husk) blocks baited with poison will be distributed right across Rarotonga in the coming weeks to control what is now an outbreak of the oriental fruit fly.


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