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By Filipe Naikaso of FBC News Five Fijians who are based in Afghanistan say they are safe and well. Speaking to FBC News, one of them...

RNZ News New Zealand reports there are 41 new cases of covid-19 in the community today, a day after the country's lockdown was extended. This is...

RNZ News All of New Zealand will remain in lockdown until at least Friday, while Auckland will remain in level 4 until at least 31...

By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Sāmoa’s defeated prime minister Tuila’epa Sailele has fired a verbal blast at Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda...

By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji's Ministry of Health’s clinical scoping team on the remote southern island of Kadavu has begun to put together a...

RNZ Pacific New Zealand health officials are concerned about a cluster of covid-19 cases linked to a Pacific church in Auckland's Māngere suburb. The Ministry of...

By Sarah Robson, RNZ News social issues reporter A Pacific health and social service provider in Auckland fears the city's fifth lockdown will push families...

RNZ News New Zealand has reported 21 new community cases of covid-19 today - 20 in Auckland and one in Wellington. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A former Rainbow Warrior campaigner and Greenpeace International technical manager, Davey Edward, has died in Perth, Australia. He was 68. Edward had...

RNZ News New Zealand has reported 21 new covid-19 community cases in the country today. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director of Public Health Dr Caroline...

FIRST PERSON: By Ben Strang, RNZ News reporter RNZ reporter Ben Strang was on the streets before the latest lockdown when he was attacked, and...

RNZ News Eleven new cases of covid-19 have been reported in the community in New Zealand today, including three in the capital Wellington, the Ministry...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Philippines tabloid editor Gwenn Salamida has been shot dead by a robber in her recently opened salon in Quezon City. The International...

RNZ Pacific The New Zealand government says it remains concerned by the ongoing management and governance challenges at the Fiji-based regional University of the South...

By Ronna Nirmala in Jakarta A pro-independence activist in Indonesia’s Papua province will stand trial next week on charges of treason, says his lawyer. A day...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on Indonesian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Papuan leader Victor...

RNZ News New Zealand's current cases of covid-19 -- the first community outbreak for six months -- have been linked to a traveller who arrived...

ANALYSIS: By Keith Locke After the fall of Kabul, the obvious question for New Zealanders is whether we should ever have joined the American war...

RNZ News New Zealand police are out again today enforcing the rules of the level 4 lockdown concentrating on dealing with any illegal gatherings, ensuring...

By Frank Rai in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has lashed out at the Papua New Guinean Department of Lands and Physical...

By Kālino Latu in Auckland The challenges experienced by Tongan students having to study overseas will soon be over after the government has announced plans...

RNZ News New Zealand's streets were largely silent today as the three-day nationwide alert-level 4 lockdown kicked in with 10 cases of covid-19 reported so...