Yearly Archives: 2022

Kwajalein Atoll military base

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...
Professor Michael Baker

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...
Fiji's Health Secretary Dr James Fong

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...
Lorena Sigua

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...
Fiji students walk to a secondary school in Suva

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...
PNG Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare's state funeral in 2021

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...
NZ media narrative on covid

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...
Thousands of Pasifika have been vaccinated at community events in NZ

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...
Kanak independence flag

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...
Professor Biman Prasad

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...