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NZ plans national covid ‘action day’ push to boost vaccinated numbers
RNZ News
New Zealanders need to pitch in for a final push to get as many people vaccinated as possible, says the Covid-19 Response Minister...
Thousands of youth get jab at NZ Pasifika community event
RNZ Pacific
A youth-led Pasifika mass vaccination event in Auckland has immunised 7000 people over the past four days.
Pacific health provider South Seas' youth group...
Yamin Kogoya: West Papua’s fate hangs in ‘30 seconds’ and only...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
Two Melanesian state leaders addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on West Papua last week.
During the 76th UNGA, both Papua...
Ardern announces covid-19 vaccine certificate for NZ
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says cabinet has agreed to the use of vaccine certificates in New Zealand.
New Zealand's "vaccine passport" is likely to...
Pandora Papers: Mystery names hold bulk of Philippine-linked offshore accounts
By Ralf Rivas in Manila
More than 900 individuals and companies linked to the Philippines have figured in millions of files on offshore accounts leaked...
Damaged Papuan road rush repair after two years for Jokowi’s visit
Detik News in Sorong, West Papua
A key road in Sorong, West Papua province, which had been damaged for two years, has been hurriedly resurfaced...
Three-step NZ roadmap for easing Auckland covid curbs – 29 new...
RNZ News
The New Zealand government has set out a three-stage roadmap that gradually eases covid-19 restrictions in Auckland.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the government...
Papua region hosts Indonesia’s national games amid rise in independence struggle
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
A major national sports event opened in Papua at the weekend, with officials hoping it will showcase the Indonesian government’s...
PNG government launches recovery operation for APEC ‘on loan’ vehicles
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Finance Minister Sir John Pundari has warned Papua New Guineans who are still holding onto the 102 APEC "on...
Papua advocates slam police violence, sexual harassment at US embassy protest
By Rahel Narda Chaterine in Jakarta
The Papua Advocacy Team says that Indonesian police committed acts of violence and sexual harassment while breaking up a...
Waikato joins Auckland in alert level 3 tonight – 33 new...
RNZ News
Parts of Waikato -- including Raglan, Huntly, Ngāruāwahia and Hamilton City -- will join Auckland in alert level 3 from midnight tonight, the...
Behind scenes probe of Bougainville struggle for independence tops PJR
Pacific Journalism Review
A Frontline investigative journalism article on the politics behind the decade-long Bougainville war leading up to the overwhelming vote for independence is...
Police break up rally by Papua activists at US embassy in...
By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta
Indonesian police forcibly broke up a protest marking the 1962 Rome Agreement in front of the US Embassy in Central...
How extraordinary Marshall Islands fisheries story grew … and grew
Marshall Islands Journal
The story of how the Marshall Islands went from being a bystander in commercial fishing in the Pacific to operating the world’s...
2000 break NZ lockdown rules to protest covid restrictions
RNZ News
About 2000 people have turned up to a New Zealand anti-lockdown protest in Auckland's domain arranged by Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki.
Those attending...
‘We made a terrible mistake’ over Maseratis, admits PNG’s Pundari
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinea government has admitted that the purchase of the controversial Maserati vehicles for use by the...
Pacific peoples minister warns over Auckland ‘hard to reach pockets’
RNZ Pacific
Some New Zealand people becoming ill with covid-19 have never engaged with the health system before, says Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William...
NZ still has ‘broad control’ of Auckland covid outbreak, says...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand government still has "broad control" of the covid-19 delta outbreak in Auckland.
Ardern and Director-General of...
Covid-19 delta pandemic a Trojan horse to extend French colonialism
COMMENTARY: By Ena Manuireva with Tony Fala
In imperial and colonial contexts, dominant groups express their power in three ways: colonisation of the bodies of...
NZ covid cases jump by 45 – but ‘we’re still aiming...
RNZ News
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield today gave a briefing on the vaccine rollout and current cases...
Fiji reports first death of HIV patient with covid-19
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has reported its first death of a person living with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and diagnosed with covid-19.
But the Health Ministry said...
Bainimarama: Pacific faces tough climate, disease challenges – world leaders need...
COMMENTARY: By Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama in Suva
Fiji Islands Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is the current Chair of the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum. Addressing the...