APR editor
NZ covid-19 case numbers could soon pass 100 a day, warns...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
Auckland's daily covid-19 case numbers could reach triple figures by the end of the month, warns a New...
Samoa Observer: Pandora Papers show tax reform vital, but not just...
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
How strange that an Australian should have emerged as the face of Samoa in the Pandora Papers...
60 new covid cases in NZ as regions scramble over positive...
RNZ News
New Zealand's Ministry of Health today announced 60 new community cases of covid-19, the most in nearly six weeks, while Northland and the...
Activists say Jokowi’s West Papua visit only to bolster image –...
By Agus Pabika in Jayapura
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's visit to Papua last weekend to officially open Indonesia's National Games (PON XX) and officiate a...
Rappler’s Maria Ressa, Russia’s Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 announced in Oslo today. Video: Rappler livestream
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines and...
Northland added to NZ’s alert level 3 tonight over ‘uncooperative’ case
RNZ News
Northland will move to alert level 3 restrictions from 11:59pm tonight, New Zealand's Covid-19 Response Minister has confirmed.
Minister Chris Hipkins held a briefing...
Medical Council has ‘zero tolerance’ for NZ anti-vax advice – 44...
RNZ News
Twenty three complaints regarding New Zealand doctors spreading anti-vaccination misinformation have been made to the Medical Council as the group says it has...
‘Get vaccinated before it gets you’ plea from PNG anti-vaxxer champ
PNG Post-Courier
Phyonna Silikara Gangloff is a champion Papua New Guinean squash player.
Fit and healthy, the 37-year-old mother of two lived a normal life until...
Bainimarama’s covid bragging rebuked as ‘shameful and despicable’ by Prasad
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Fiji's opposition National Federation Party has blamed 1150 pandemic deaths on the Bainimarama government’s "shameful and despicable" ego-driven leadership.
“Stop bragging and...
Panguna campaigner Theonila Matbob wins award over Rio Tinto challenge
By Evan Schuurman
Bougainville community leader and MP Theonila Roka Matbob has received the Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award in recognition of her outstanding work...
Effective NZ vaccination campaigns ‘must include’ Māori, Pacific leaders
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ health correspondent
The calls for New Zealanders to get vaccinated are becoming more urgent by the day as covid-19 embeds itself...
Police arrest spectator at Papua Games for wearing Morning Star T-shirt
By Maria Baru in Sorong, West Papua
Brother Frater Anton Syufi of the Papua's Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) has been arrested by the Jayapura...
NZ’s covid-zero strategy may be past its use-by date, but it...
ANALYSIS: By Michael Plank, University of Canterbury
The announcement this week that New Zealand will introduce a vaccination certificate by November is welcome news. Whether...
Gavin Ellis: Lockdown musings over media lessons from a pandemic
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views
It appears we are a nation of selfish malcontents for whom enough is never enough.
That is one of...
Indonesian Games ‘held on bones of Papuans’, accuses Benny Wenda
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The interim president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) has accused Indonesia of holding its 20th National Games...
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...