Monthly Archives: October 2021

SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific ReportThe announcement in February of a new $55 million, three-year Public Interest Journalism Fund...

RNZ Pacific The New Caledonian government has asked the French army to help deal with the covid-19 outbreak as the territory's medical services are stretched. Almost...

ANALYSIS: By John Donne Potter, Massey University; Graham Le Gros, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Rod Jackson, University of Auckland As...

By Yance Wenda in Jayapura A Papuan woman politician has warned Indonesian security forces against restricting women from selling noken -- traditional string bags --...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING: By Justin Latif, Local Democracy reporter If New Zealand's border restrictions are loosened for arrivals from countries with high covid-19 numbers, South...

COMMENTARY: The PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea is unsure of what message the government is trying to convey over the latest covid-19 pandemic surge --...

By Desi Purnamawati and Uyu Liman in Jakarta Eighty-three covid-19 cases have been reported during the Indonesian National Games (PON-XX) being held in Papua as...

RNZ News Some in New Zealand's health industry fear that the ICU system will not cope if the delta outbreak escalates, but Health Minister Andrew...

RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Waikato shows that New Zealand's tried and true method of stamping out the covid-19 virus is working. There were...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Auckland's daily covid-19 case numbers could reach triple figures by the end of the month, warns a New...

EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board How strange that an Australian should have emerged as the face of Samoa in the Pandora Papers...

RNZ News New Zealand's Ministry of Health today announced 60 new community cases of covid-19, the most in nearly six weeks, while Northland and the...

By Agus Pabika in Jayapura President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's visit to Papua last weekend to officially open Indonesia's National Games (PON XX) and officiate a...

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 announced in Oslo today. Video: Rappler livestream Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines and...

RNZ News Northland will move to alert level 3 restrictions from 11:59pm tonight, New Zealand's Covid-19 Response Minister has confirmed. Minister Chris Hipkins held a briefing...

COMMENT: By Scott Waide Senior EMTV journalist and bureau chief Scott Waide in Papua New Guinea's second city Lae this week called time on his...

RNZ News Twenty three complaints regarding New Zealand doctors spreading anti-vaccination misinformation have been made to the Medical Council as the group says it has...

PNG Post-Courier Phyonna Silikara Gangloff is a champion Papua New Guinean squash player. Fit and healthy, the 37-year-old mother of two lived a normal life until...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji's opposition National Federation Party has blamed 1150 pandemic deaths on the Bainimarama government’s "shameful and despicable" ego-driven leadership. “Stop bragging and...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Those most at-risk of serious illness or death from covid-19 are frequently targeted with misinformation, reports Stuff. Produced by Stuff in partnership...

By Evan Schuurman Bougainville community leader and MP Theonila Roka Matbob has received the Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award in recognition of her outstanding work...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ health correspondent The calls for New Zealanders to get vaccinated are becoming more urgent by the day as covid-19 embeds itself...