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Vaccine inequity in the Pacific: ‘We need to support our neighbours’
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist
Concern is growing around low covid-19 vaccine rates in the Pacific.
People in developing nations are generally missing out due...
Boosting Pacific digital media skills amid a cyclone – all part...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Michelle Betz in Ninole, Hawai'i
As Cyclone Cody got set to pummel Fiji in early January, students at the University of the...
PM Jacinda Ardern isolating after becoming close contact of covid case
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is self-isolating after being deemed a close contact of a positive covid case.
She was on the same...
KNPB calls on OPM, Jakarta to halt armed conflict in Papua
Suara Papua
The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has declared that it rejects the violent approach which Indonesia continues to push in the land of...
Tongan King calls for unity as he vows to rebuild amid...
RNZ Pacific
Tonga's King Tupou VI is urging his people to unify and rise from the ashes of the Hunga volcanic eruption and tsunami which...
What New Zealand can learn from omicron outbreak in Australia
RNZ News
Omicron has ripped through the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria, exposing testing regimes, decimating supply chains and causing the country's...
Mass eviction back on again near UPNG as police give green...
PNG Post-Courier
Deputy Police Commissioner Operations Anton Billie has given the green light for Papuan New Guinean police in the National Capital District to carry...
Covid-19: Three more children among 12 latest deaths in Fiji
RNZ Pacific
Three more children have died from covid-19 in Fiji, taking the death toll since the pandemic hit the country in 2020 to 791.
The...
Covid-19: Three more deaths in Solomons as outbreak ‘overwhelms’ health staff
RNZ Pacific
Three more people have died of covid-19 in Solomon Islands raising the national tally to five.
Health authorities confirmed the country's first two deaths...
Global Papuan student body condemns Jakarta’s disruption of study funds
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A global Papuan student welfare advocacy group has condemned the Indonesian government's disruption of autonomous local education grants supporting studies abroad,...
Kiribati confirms more than 100 covid-19 cases – new rules
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific regional correspondent
The Kiribati Health Ministry has confirmed that the atoll island nation has surpassed 100 covid-19 cases after it...
Omicron: Modelling suggests NZ could face peak of 80,000 daily infections
By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor
New Zealand could be facing 50,000 daily omicron infections by Waitangi weekend, according to modelling by US-based health...
Why no warning sirens before Tonga’s deadly tsunami hit? Minister unclear
By Kalino Latu in Auckland
The managing director of Radio FM Broadcom, Katalina Tohi, asked Tonga's disaster minister during last Sunday’s media conference to explain...
Health analyst pleads for cut in covid-19 booster waiting time to...
By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporter
A covid-19 Māori health analyst says more than 106,000 vaccinated Māori are not eligible for a booster shot until...
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...