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By Tess Newton Cain and Dan McGarry There are now more than 220 confirmed cases across the Pacific Islands region (excluding Australia and New Zealand)...

By Ritika Pratap in Suva Fiji police have arrested 193 people in the last 24 hours for violations of the country's coronavirus lockdown and the...

By RNZ News New Zealand has had two further deaths because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, doubling the death toll to four, says Director of...

By Antónia Gusmão in Dili Timor-Leste has registered its second case of Covid-19, the Integrated Crisis Management Centre (CIGC) has confirmed. The patient – a Timorese...

By RNZ News A Christchurch woman in her 90s who was living in the Rosewood rest home is New Zealand's second death from Covid-19, the...

By Made Anthony Iswara in Jakarta The Covid-19 pandemic, which is spreading like wildfire in Indonesia, has taken not just lives but also the...

By RNZ News New Zealand has recorded just 29 new cases of Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours, but the prime minister says a...

The Guardian's Pacific Project disaster video. By the Pacific Project Tropical Cyclone Harold lashed Vanuatu, ripping off roofs and downing telecommunications, before moving towards Fiji and...

COMMENTARY: By Georgie Bright, Australia associate director of Human Rights Watch Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the fragile health system in Papua New Guinea was...

By Kelly Vacala in Suva Fiji disaster authorities have lifted movement restrictions imposed yesterday during the height of Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold have been lifted...

By RNZ News Social media misinformation about Covid-19 is putting Pacific communities in New Zealand at particular risk, government advisers say. The government announced a $17...

By Maggie Boyle of FBC News Fiji disaster authorities have put the whole of Viti Levu island on restricted movement due to TC Harold. Director for...

Former Chief Justice Sir Arnold Amet ... emergency powers up to controller alone. Video: EMTV News By Martha Louis in Madang Papua New Guinea's former Chief...

By Florencio Miranda Ximenes and Antónia Gusmão in Dili Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak has explained the decision to dismiss the vice-health minister, saying...

Pacific Media Centre Health authorities in Papua have reported a spike in the number of people under surveillance (ODP) in the southern Merauke district, with...

By Anita Roberts in Port Vila While the Vanuatu government is investing its resources in tackling the coronavirus pandemic threat, it is now stretching its...

By RNZ News New Zealand has 54 new confirmed and probable cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases to 1160, the Health Ministry...

ANALYSIS: By Sally Young of the University of Melbourne Many newspapers betrayed their readers during the Great Depression and now some are doing so again...

By RNZ News New Zealand's Health Minister David Clark has revealed that he took a trip to the beach during the alert level 4 lockdown...

By RNZ Pacific There has been no communication early today from the Vanuatu islands hardest hit by the powerful Tropical Cyclone Harold. The category 5 storm...

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern does not want New Zealand to be at level four for "a minute longer than needed", but says...

By Sausan Atika in Jakarta The sluggish delivery of crucial social assistance funds by Indonesia's capital Jakarta administration in response to the Covid-19 outbreak is...