Monthly Archives: August 2020
NZ mosque terrorist’s sentencing: Gunman looks like ‘shell of person’
By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter in Christchurch
Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre.
The last of the victim...
Drama at sea – PNG Navy detains 8 alleged pirates, 1 wounded
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Papua Defence Force’s Navy has intercepted what news media have described as a suspected Chinese pirate vessel and have detained...
Frontline Pasifika healthcare teams given $19.5m boost to fight covid-19
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ One Pacific correspondent
Frontline Pasifika healthcare teams have been given a NZ$19.5 million funding boost in New Zealand as they work...
Mosque victim’s mother tells terrorist: ‘You killed your own humanity’
By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter
Warning: This story includes details of the 15 March 2019 mosque terrorism attacks.
New Zealand's High Court will hear from...
NZ extends Auckland level 3 lockdown until Sunday – 8 new cluster cases
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand's covid-19 restrictions will continue at their current level until at least 11.59pm on...
Tight security at NZ court for start of mosque attacker sentence hearing
By RNZ News
Warning: This story includes distressing details of the 15 March 2019 mosque terrorism attacks.
The High Court in Christchurch was ringed with heavy...
Jailing the Christchurch terrorist will cost NZ millions. A prisoner swap with Australia?
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
There is no death penalty in New Zealand, unlike the United States. But Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant, due...
Pacific community come out in force during NZ’s covid-19 testing
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist
More than 22,000 Pacific people have tested for covid-19 in recent weeks, as the community in New Zealand...
Weathering the covid-19 storm in Vanuatu – hopeful tourism future
By Mavuku Tokona in Port Vila
Since the global pandemic began, the domino effect it has had on Vanuatu's tourism market remains unprecedented - the...
NZ postal staff stand down after co-workers’ positive tests – 6 new cases
By RNZ News
NZ Post has stood down staff who worked the day shift at an Auckland parcel processing centre after two positive tests linked...
PNG bans covid ‘vaccination’ – orders probe into Chinese worker claim
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinea government will not allow the use in the country of any vaccine to treat the...
‘Covid-19 knows no ethnicity, so don’t stigmatise,’ says Komiti Pasefika
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist
A call has been made to members of the Pacific community in New Zealand to check on loved...
‘Don’t vilify covid cases’ warns PM as NZ reports nine more in community
By RNZ News
New Zealand has today reported nine new cases of covid-19 in the community and two in the country's managed isolation and quarantine...
PNG parliamentarian faces cyber crime charges over K250m Ok Tedi claim
By Trevor Wahune in Port Moresby
North Fly MP James Donald yesterday made an appearance in Papua New Guinea's Waigani Committal Court to face cyber...
PNG reports fourth covid-19 death as total infections reach 361
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea has reported its fourth covid-19 death with infection cases now reaching 361, reports NBC News.
National Coordination Centre (NCC)...
‘We need a Pasifika voice’ plea for response to NZ’s Auckland covid
By RNZ Pacific
The chair of the Pasifika GP Network is calling on the government to ensure there is a Pacific voice on the new...
Trump again claims New Zealand has ‘big outbreak’ of covid-19
Politicians react to US President Donald Trump's earlier mocking of New Zealand. Video: RNZ News
By RNZ News
US President Donald Trump has again called New...
Samoa health director calls on public to stop rumour-fed covid panic
By RNZ Pacific
Samoa's Director-General of Health says the country remains free of the covid-19 coronavirus so the public should not believe rumours to the...
Bryan Bruce: Unemployment isn’t working – we need universal job creation
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce
I live in Auckland. Last night while driving home around 8pm I passed a small roadside car park with about 10...
Juffa welcomes inter agency probe with logging spot checks in Oro
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Oro Governor Gary Juffa has welcomed a joint investigations team, led by Papua New Guinea's Office of Immigrations and Citizenship Authority,...
NZ government urged to launch inquiry into pandemic response
By Ben Strang, RNZ News Reporter
The New Zealand government is being urged to launch an inquiry into its response to the covid-19 pandemic as...
High Court rules some of NZ’s covid-19 level 4 lockdown was unlawful
By Jonathan Mitchell, RNZ News journalist
New Zealand's Attorney-General David Parker says there has been no decision yet on a possible appeal to the High...