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Don’t say the Aboriginal flag was ‘freed’ – it belongs to...
ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Carlson, Macquarie University
We woke to the news yesterday that the Australian government has negotiated with the designer of the Aboriginal flag...
Lawyers threaten PNG police with contempt over settlers eviction halt
PNG Post-Courier
A Supreme Court ordered mass eviction of settlers on land between Papua New Guinea's University of PNG, Gerehu Stage 3B and Morata stage...
Fiji deaths ‘a stark reminder’ of the seriousness of the pandemic
By Luke Rawalai in Suva
Fiji has recorded 987 covid-19 cases, says Ministry of Health permanent secretary Dr James Fong who says the latest deaths...
Covid will dominate, but New Zealand will also have to face...
ANALYSIS: By Nathan Cooper, University of Waikato
As the New Zealand government prepares to deal with a looming omicron outbreak, this will not be the...
Covid-19 cases confirmed aboard HMAS Adelaide bound for Tonga
RNZ News
Twenty-three people onboard an Australian Navy vessel enroute to help with the recovery effort in Tonga have tested positive for covid-19.
In a statement,...
25 new community covid cases in NZ, including 10 of omicron
RNZ News
Twenty five new cases of covid-19 have been reported in the New Zealand community today, including 10 confirmed omicron cases.
In a statement, the...
Concern grows over psychological trauma amid Tonga’s recovery
RNZ Pacific
As Tonga's recovery from the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami ramps up there is growing concern for the psychological and emotional wellbeing of...
Tonga’s tsunami: ‘Nana! There’s a wave coming … Nana! It’s...
WITNESS: By Ordinary Tongan Lives
It happened so quickly and so suddenly that we were completely unprepared.
We were going about our Saturday chores when I...
Australia and New Zealand compete with China for Tongan influence
ANALYSIS: By Michael Field in Auckland
Within a day of the massive volcanic eruption that rocked Tonga and severed the archipelago's communications with the rest...
NZ health system ‘not prepared’ for omicron, say healthcare leaders
RNZ News
New Zealand does not have enough nurses or ICU beds, warn healthcare figures as their workforce braces for omicron.
The College of Critical Care...
Covid-infected PNG doctor arrested in Solomon Islands as border crosser
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinean doctor, who is alleged to be covid-19 positive, has been arrested and charged in Solomon...
‘No silver bullet against omicron’ – expect big numbers, says Hipkins
RNZ News
People should do everything they can against omicron, but it is likely large numbers will be infected, New Zealand's Covid-19 Response Minister says.
Speaking...
Indonesia reports first omicron deaths as covid cases surge
By Dio Suhenda in Jakarta
More than a month after the omicron variant was first discovered in Indonesia, the highly transmissible but less fatal variant...
NZ to move to red light setting tonight at midnight over...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed that the whole of New Zealand will move into the red light covid-19 setting at midnight tonight...
International aid starts to flow into volcano tsunami-hit Tonga
Al Jazeera's report on Tonga from Auckland.
Al Jazeera News
It has been a week since the Hunga volcanic eruption and tsunami near Tonga destroyed large...
Global aid effort underway for Tonga’s recovery from the Hunga tsunami
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
A global aid effort is underway for Tonga with vessels en route to the Pacific kingdom from Australia, the...
‘Our resources on the ground aren’t enough’, says UN Tonga official
UN News
As news coverage of the Hunga volcano eruption and tsunami that hit Tonga starts to fade, the United Nations Coordination Specialist in the...
Overwhelming sense of relief that ‘apocalyptic’ Tongan tsunami spared most lives
By Finau Fonua and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists
There is an overwhelming sense relief in Tonga with people thankful the death toll is...
Tulagi bans betel nut selling as covid fears grow in Solomon...
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Tulagi in the Central Islands province of Solomon islands is the first provincial capital to ban the sale of betel...
Second day of NZ’s Tonga tsunami emergency fundraiser today
RNZ Pacific
The second day of a drive to receive emergency supplies in Aotearoa New Zealand to be sent to Tonga has started in Auckland...
Rangitīkei Māori leader urges rural NZ people to prepare now for...
By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporting journalist
A New Zealand iwi development and social services leader in Taihape is urging rural people to prepare urgently...
Tonga’s King Tupou VI offers hope to families who lost relatives...
Kaniva News
King Tupou VI has offered sympathy and prayers to all those who lost relatives in last weekend's Tongan volcano eruption and tsunami disaster...