Yearly Archives: 2021
NZ health officials investigate mystery hospital covid ‘short stay’ case
RNZ News
New Zealand health officials are investigating a mystery case of covid-19 who spent time in hospital and interacted with seven police officers before...
Activists call on Canberra to protest over human rights abuses in Papua
By Susan Price in Sydney
West Papua activists have called on the Australian government to raise concerns about the Indonesian military’s ongoing human rights abuses...
Graham Davis: In the stars? It’s in the polls, Rabuka’s final political twist
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
"So many detractors were saying, 'no you won’t get it, the Supervisor of Elections won’t allow it'. I said, 'well let...
New Caledonia appeals to all medical staff to help combat covid-19 outbreak
RNZ Pacific
The New Caledonian government has appealed to all medical and paramedical staff, including veterinarians, to help in the fight against covid-19.
Sixty-six cases have...
A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?
Host Selwyn Manning with security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan on this week's A View From Afar podcast. Video: EveningReport.nz on YouTube
A VIEW FROM AFAR: Podcast...
Middlemore Hospital patient tests covid positive – new cases drop to 13
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A person tested positive for covid-19 today at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital emergency department after turning up for an unrelated issue, the...
France declares covid-19 emergency in New Caledonia as cases surge to 66
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
France has declared a health emergency in New Caledonia after covid-19 was detected in the community, RNZ Pacific reports.
The state of...
K2.7 million hole, other failed PNG projects land contractors in court
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A one metre-deep hole in the ground is all there is to show of an almost K2.7 million state contract project...
Baby among Fiji’s three new covid deaths reported this week
By Edwin Nand in Suva
A four-month-old baby boy has died from covid-19 in Fiji.
Health Secretary Dr James Fong has confirmed the child was admitted...
Migrant Action condemns NZ nation-building course idea as ‘discriminating’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Migrant Action Trust has condemned a proposal by a diversity academic calling for a New Zealand nation-building course before people...
Jo Spratt: ‘Free’ covid jabs are making the mega-rich richer
COMMENTARY: By Jo Spratt
When this novel coronavirus first swept the world last year, it was quickly obvious global vaccination was the only way out.
Governments...
Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A Māori political leader has branded opposition neoliberal ACT leader David Seymour's act this week undermining an indigenous response to New...
Indonesia accused of forcing mass flights of Papuans ‘for business’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesian authorities have been accused of adopting a strategy of deploying military force to drive thousands of Papuans from their homes...
Fewer than 100 of Kabul’s 700 women journalists still working, says RSF
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Taliban to provide immediate guarantees for the freedom and safety of women journalists...
Burma’s National Unity Government ‘declares war’ on military regime
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
In a seven-minute social media broadcast, President Duwa Lashi La has declared it is time to stop the military regime’s ongoing...
Fiji’s Constitution Day? Nothing but a ‘national joke’, says Prasad
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Fiji celebrated Constitution Day today virtually due to the ongoing civid-19 pandemic crisis, but many see the day as a hollow...
Vaccination clinics prioritising Māori ‘swamped by Pākehā’
LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING: By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporter
The national strategy of vaccinating against covid-19 through general and mass events is not working for...
New Caledonia begins two-week lockdown in new covid-19 outbreak
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia has detected three cases of Covid-19 in the community and ordered a two-week lockdown from midday today.
The three cases are not...
NZ Corrections found attacker ‘increasingly hostile and abusive’
By Charlotte Cook, RNZ News reporter
New Zealand's Department of Corrections has revealed more details about the LynnMall terrorist's violent behaviour while he was remanded...
Three delta cases of covid detected in New Caledonia – schools closed
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
New Caledonia has declared all schools in the Southern province closed for two weeks from tomorrow after health authorities reported at...
New Zealand, except Auckland, to move to covid alert level ‘delta 2’
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand, outside of Auckland, will move to alert level 2 from 11.59pm Tuesday, September 7.
Delta alert...
Indonesian military say two Papuan rebels arrested over Kisor post attack
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesian police have arrested two suspects in connection with an attack on the Kisor military post which killed four soldiers late...