Yearly Archives: 2022

By Jake McKee, RNZ News reporter Ukrainians and their supporters at a protest on the New Zealand capital Wellington say it's agonising not being able...

RNZ News Hospitals across New Zealand are receiving anti-covid-19 mandate protesters returning from Parliament, and are pleading with those experiencing cold and flu symptoms to...

RNZ News All southbound traffic lanes on State Highway One over the Auckland Harbour Bridge have now reopened after they were closed while New Zealand...

RNZ Pacific The invasion of Ukraine is likely to have a signficant impact on the Pacific, warns a senior USP academic. On Thursday, Russia launched a...

Kaniva News Kaniva News correspondent Patimiosi Ngūngūtau took this photo of an emotional farewell for a grieving Tongan family at the Tanoa hotel in Nukua’alofa...

By Tom Kitchin and Emma Hatton, RNZ News reporters Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been met with despair and anger in New Zealand. Nearly 100 people...

By John Gerritsen, RNZ News education correspondent Education Minister Chris Hipkins has warned that nearly every New Zealand school and early childhood centre will have...

RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand joins its international partners in condemnation of Russia's attack on Ukraine and has immediately taken a...

ANALYSIS: By Giacomo Lichtner, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington During the anti-lockdown protests at Parliament last year, I was told about a...

MEAA News The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance’s national media section committee of elected officials has condemned the suspension of 24 Papua New Guinean TV...

RNZ News In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, New Zealand's government is implementing a range of measures, including a travel ban on Russian officials...

RNZ News New Zealand will move to phase 3 of the omicron response at 11.59pm tonight, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed. Director-General of Health...

RNZ News The two-week old protest at New Zealand's Parliament has been added to the Ministry of Health's covid-19 locations of interest website as new...

National Māori Authority chair Matthew Tukaki has seen plenty of protests and received his fair share of abuse, but what’s been happening in Wellington...

By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby The People’s Party has made an unprecedented announcement to endorse four women candidates for all four National Capital District...

By Jake McKee, RNZ News reporter Misinformation researchers are concerned the protest at New Zealand' s Parliament is becoming a "free-for-all" as the idea of...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the threats and violence against news media by protesters during the 16-day anti-covid-19 vaccine mandates...

RNZ Pacific West Papuan human rights defender Victor Yeimo has been formally indicted on charges of "treason" by Indonesian authorities at the Jayapura District Court. The...

RNZ News Epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson is urging New Zealanders to take omicron seriously, and certainly not to think of it as similar to the...

ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University The early morning action on Monday to cordon off the occupation of Parliament grounds and prevent it growing...

By Nick Truebridge, RNZ Checkpoint reporter Police leaders condemned the behaviour by protesters outside New Zealand's Parliament in the capital Wellington today as "absolutely disgraceful". The...

RNZ Pacific The Fiji government has warned that unvaccinated people in the vaccine-eligible population are 17 times more likely to die if they contract covid-19...