Monthly Archives: January 2022

By Rohit Deo in Suva Fiji's Ministry of Health and Medical Services has reported 1280 new covid-19 community cases since the last update on January...

By Kalino Latu in Auckland Tonga's new Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forests, Viliami Hingano, is currently in New Zealand for medical tests after the...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Hong Kong independent media Stand News has announced it has shut down following the arrest last week of six current and...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Papuan People's Petition -- "Petisi Rakyat Papua" -- has called on the Indonesian government to release detained human rights advocate...

By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist The Australian government is assisting its citizens stranded in Fiji who also claimed they were mistreated by locals --...

ANALYSIS: By Thomas Nash, Massey University The year is 2040 and Aotearoa New Zealand has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the commitment to...

By Rappler National Artist for Literature F Sionil Jose has died in the Philippines. He was 97. His death was announced by the Philippine Center of...

RNZ News Rising covid-19 cases at the border are increasing the risk of the omicron variant spreading in Aotearoa but a leading epidemiologist says the...

By Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The US Army ignored agreed-to covid prevention rules for entry into the Marshall Islands this week and...

By Hamish MacLean in Dunedin University of Otago covid-19 experts are not immune to the increasingly vitriolic attacks dished out to scientists commenting on New...

By Josefa Babitu in Suva Fiji is bracing for a third wave of the covid-19 virus after tests have confirmed the presence of the omicron...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Justice and peace advocates in New Zealand have strongly criticised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's "horrific crackdown" on community leaders, activists, and...

By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji parents are advised not to send their children to school today if they are not feeling well as the...

ANALYSIS: By Patrick Levo in Port Moresby In all of the meandering years in the life of Papua New Guinea, 2021, which ended on Friday...

ANALYSIS: By Gordon Campbell in Wellington Success can be its own worst enemy. If the plane doesn’t crash or the ship doesn’t sink, that doesn’t...

RNZ Pacific Pacific Island New Zealanders are now 90 percent fully vaccinated against covid-19, and a public health expert is urging them to keep up...

ANALYSIS: By David Robie in Auckland The Pacific year has closed with growing tensions over sovereignty and self-determination issues and growing stress over the ravages...

By Luke Nacei in Suva National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has asked if the Fiji government inquiry into the Office of the Auditor-General...