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By Kim Moodie, RNZ News reporter A public health expert is urging New Zealanders to keep up the testing momentum, as testing rates take a...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's covid-19 outbreak continues to spread with almost 10,000 active cases. This includes 1289 new infections detected over the preceding 24 hours. Twenty five...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara A team of four experts from China have arrived in Honiara for on-site feasibility studies on two projects amid the...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A number of national figures in Indonesia have criticised the project to move the state capital (IKN) from Jakarta to East...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's prerecorded speech marking the historic 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Māori chiefs and the colonial government made from the treaty...

COMMENTARY: By Michael Field in Auckland China’s activities in the South Pacific are causing growing alarm in Washington, forcing US Secretary of State Antony...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An umbrella organisation representing Papuan students worldwide has been formed with a renewed commitment to strengthening their efforts to gain “quality...

ANALYSIS: By Suzanne Wilkinson, Mohamed Elkharboutly and Regan Potangaroa, Massey University While news from Tonga is still disrupted following the massive undersea eruption and tsunami...

RNZ News New Zealand has recorded its highest number of community cases in one day, with 243 new cases reported today. The previous highest number of...

ANALYSIS: By Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne; Alexandra Wake, RMIT University, and Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University News Corp Australia and Google have announced the...

By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby Air travellers were left stranded and fuming country-wide as airlines Air Niugini and PNG Air hit a rough patch...

ANALYSIS: By Peter Davis With the arrival of the omicron variant on our shores, it is hard to believe, judging by the media coverage --...

By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporting Māori health providers in Aotearoa New Zealand are holding back on covid-19 vaccinations for children in the face of...

RNZ News Afghan women are accusing the Taliban of using a pregnant New Zealand journalist as a publicity tool to show the world they can...

By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby Censoring of Facebook in Papua New Guinea can be addressed by three mandated government agencies, says Chief Censor Jim...

RNZ News New Zealanders in Australia will be able to return home by the end of the month under a five-stage reopening plan announced by...

By Finau Fonua and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists Three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in the kingdom of Tonga bringing the total number...

RNZ News New Zealand is shortening the gap between second and third doses of the covid-19 vaccine from four months to three, the government has...

ANALYSIS: By Matthew Hobbs, University of Canterbury; Anna Howe, University of Auckland, and Lukas Marek, University of Canterbury Within a month of the first community...

RNZ Pacific The kingdom of Tonga will go into nationwide lockdown from 6pm tonight. Speaking via Tongan radio, Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni and Minister of Health...

RNZ News Pregnant journalist Charlotte Bellis says her re-activated emergency MIQ application has been approved, and she will return to New Zealand in March. Deputy Prime...

OPEN LETTER: A reply to New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis from Afghanistani mother and former broadcaster Muzhgan Samarqandi My name is Muzhgan Samarqandi and I...