Tag: Deaths

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The death toll from the devastating wildfire that engulfed the historic beachside town of Lāhainā on the island of...

RNZ News The World Health Organisation's decision to remove covid-19 as a global health emergency is the right move, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says. The organisation...

RNZ News Almost 30,000 homes have no power and major supply chains have been disrupted in Aotearoa New Zealand -- and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins...

RNZ News The number of people in Aotearoa New Zealand whose deaths have been officially linked to Cyclone Gabrielle has risen to 11, with confirmation...

RNZ News New Zealanders should be prepared for the number of fatalities in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle to increase, says Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. He...

By Sally Murphy, RNZ News reporter Widespread damage has hit farms across Aotearoa New Zealand's North Island with those in parts of Gisborne and Hawke's...

RNZ News As a huge effort ramps up in Aotearoa New Zealand to restore essential services to thousands of people in Tairāwhiti and Hawke's Bay,...

Jubi News An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 hit Papua's capital city Jayapura on Thursday afternoon, killing four people, injuring at least five and...

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is unlikely that the Mayor of Auckland, Wayne Brown, took any lessons from the city’s devastating floods but the rest...

RNZ News Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is under fire for calling New Zealand journalists "drongos", blaming them for having to cancel a round of tennis...

RNZ News A fourth person has been found dead as a result of New Zealand's catastrophic floods on Friday, which have now spread to other...

RNZ News The belt of torrential rain which has brought flooding and slips across northern New Zealand is currently mainly centred over the Waikato and...

RNZ News Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has acknowledged the way Aucklanders have come together and opened their homes to those in need, with the New...

RNZ News Three people are dead and at least one person is missing following the flooding overnight in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. About 1000 people...

OBITUARY: By Andreas Harsono in Jakarta Filep Karma, a prominent Papuan activist and former political prisoner, was found dead  yesterday on a beach in...

Asia Pacific Report Human rights campaigner Filep Karma, the most famous West Papuan former political prisoner, was found dead early today on a beach in...

PNG Post-Courier Thirty people are reported to have been killed and many seriously injured in the worst tribal warfare on Kiriwina Island in Papua New...

RNZ Pacific Flags are flying at half mast across the Pacific and leaders are paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died at Thursday at...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil has died following a car crash in the Bulolo district of Morobe Province. As well being...

By Rita Peki in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea A few shops and buildings in Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands provincial capital Mt Hagen have...

RNZ Pacific Tonga's King Tupou VI is urging his people to unify and rise from the ashes of the Hunga volcanic eruption and tsunami which...

Kaniva News King Tupou VI has offered sympathy and prayers to all those who lost relatives in last weekend's Tongan volcano eruption and tsunami disaster...