Monthly Archives: January 2022

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Indonesian government has denied claims by an umbrella group representing Papuan students on scholarships abroad that it is “assassinating” the...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Amnesty International Indonesia is urging the government -- and the police in particular -- to tighten supervision of the palm oil...

By Luke Rawalai in Suva Changing daily habits will be the difficult issue to address when creating awareness in Fiji against non-communicable disease (NCDs), says...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, RNZ Pacific digital journalist South Seas Healthcare Trust chief executive Lemalu Silao Vaisola says people are tired of covid-19 rather than complacent...

RNZ News A leading epidemiologist says New Zealand's managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) is serving its purpose. The system has come under increasing criticism recently as...

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist Concern is growing around low covid-19 vaccine rates in the Pacific. People in developing nations are generally missing out due...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Michelle Betz in Ninole, Hawai'i As Cyclone Cody got set to pummel Fiji in early January, students at the University of the...

RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is self-isolating after being deemed a close contact of a positive covid case. She was on the same...

Suara Papua The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has declared that it rejects the violent approach which Indonesia continues to push in the land of...

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...

RNZ News Omicron has ripped through the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria, exposing testing regimes, decimating supply chains and causing the country's...

PNG Post-Courier Deputy Police Commissioner Operations Anton Billie has given the green light for Papuan New Guinean police in the National Capital District to carry...

RNZ Pacific Three more children have died from covid-19 in Fiji, taking the death toll since the pandemic hit the country in 2020 to 791. The...

RNZ Pacific Three more people have died of covid-19 in Solomon Islands raising the national tally to five. Health authorities confirmed the country's first two deaths...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A global Papuan student welfare advocacy group has condemned the Indonesian government's disruption of autonomous local education grants supporting studies abroad,...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific regional correspondent The Kiribati Health Ministry has confirmed that the atoll island nation has surpassed 100 covid-19 cases after it...

By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor New Zealand could be facing 50,000 daily omicron infections by Waitangi weekend, according to modelling by US-based health...

By Kalino Latu in Auckland The managing director of Radio FM Broadcom, Katalina Tohi, asked Tonga's disaster minister during last Sunday’s media conference to explain...

By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporter A covid-19 Māori health analyst says more than 106,000 vaccinated Māori are not eligible for a booster shot until...

ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Carlson, Macquarie University We woke to the news yesterday that the Australian government has negotiated with the designer of the Aboriginal flag...

PNG Post-Courier A Supreme Court ordered mass eviction of settlers on land between Papua New Guinea's University of PNG, Gerehu Stage 3B and Morata stage...

By Luke Rawalai in Suva Fiji has recorded 987 covid-19 cases, says Ministry of Health permanent secretary Dr James Fong who says the latest deaths...