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New travel restrictions in force in NZ, chaos at airports in...
By RNZ News
Health officials have ramped up their presence at airports in New Zealand as tougher travel restrictions came into force today.
From 1am today...
Some travellers trying to beat NZ’s coronavirus deadline turned away
By RNZ News
Some travellers trying to beat the New Zealand deadline early today for self-isolations to prevent the Covid-19 coronavirus spreading have been turned...
Philippines coronavirus rise to 140, with 11 deaths – Manila in...
By Rappler
The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed 29 new cases of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus in the country today - bringing the...
Far-right extremists still threaten NZ, a year on from Christchurch attacks
ANALYSIS: By Paul Spoonley of Massey University
In the hours after the Christchurch mosque attacks on March 15 last year, I wrote that I hoped...
New travel curbs require almost everyone entering NZ to self-isolate
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced late today wide-ranging travel restrictions which mean as of midnight tomorrow anyone coming into New Zealand will...
Philippines coronavirus cases jump by 34 to 98 as Manila goes...
By Lian Buan in Manila
The Philippines Department of Health has announced 34 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the country, bringing the...
Coronavirus: We need to shut down PNG borders and prepare our...
OPINION: By Scott Waide in Port Moresby
There is no other way to say this to the government of Papua New Guinea.
Prime Minister James Marape,...
NZ’s canned Pasifika Festival a financial blow for stallholders
By Sela Jane Hopgood of RNZ Pacific
The cancellation of this year's New Zealand Pasifika Festival in Auckland because of coronavirus fears is expected to...
Duterte cabinet members in self-quarantine amid coronavirus fears
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila
Several cabinet members of the Duterte government are placing themselves under quarantine in an effort to prevent the spread of...
Three PNG children die among 10 killed in Porgera massacre
By Ale Asa in Porgera
Ten people – including three children – have been massacred when a fight between two warring tribes from Tari spilled...
Indonesia reports first death – a foreigner – from Covid-19
By Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta
Indonesia has reported its first death from the Covid-19 coronavirus today, a 53-year-old woman and foreign citizen identified as...
Former Tongan PM guilty on false statement, perjury charges
By Philip Cass
Former Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano will be sentenced at the end of next month after being found guilty in the Supreme Court...
Duterte rejects Metro Manila coronavirus lockdown for now
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila
President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected calls to place Metro Manila on lockdown after health officials recorded a spike in Covid-19...
Indonesian indigenous land defenders jailed in fight with pulpwood giant
By Ayat S. Karokaro in Medan
Indonesian activists have deplored the recent jailing of two indigenous community members in Sumatra in a land conflict...
A toilet paper run is like a bank run – economic...
By Alfredo R. Paloyo of University of Wollongong
Panic buying knows no borders.
Shoppers in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong and the United States have...
How corporations make money out of ‘feel-good’ feminism
ANALYSIS: By Catherine Rottenberg
A few days ago, I received a message from my son's secondary school announcing that it would be celebrating International Women's...
5th NZ coronavirus case: Community spread ‘inevitable’, says professor
By RNZ News
A public health professor says the World Health Organisation's failure to declare Covid-19 a pandemic is giving New Zealanders a false sense...
NZ remains low-risk but must protect Pacific nations from Covid-19 virus
ANALYSIS: By Dr Colin Tukuitonga
As Covid-19 coronavirus continues to cause considerable concern globally, we must remind ourselves that New Zealand has a good response...
Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ‘lived her convictions’
By RNZ News
Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has died.
Her husband, Harry Parke, said the death was totally unexpected.
"Yesterday morning she was out on...
Indonesian coronavirus patients hit by lack of privacy legal safeguards
By Ardilla Syakriah, Rizki Fachriansyah and Muh. Ibnu Aqil in Jakarta
Indonesia’s first two confirmed Covid-19 coronavirus patients claim that media coverage and discussion on...
Third coronavirus case confirmed in NZ, says health chief
By RNZ News
A third case of Covid-19 coronavirus has been confirmed in New Zealand.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield told RNZ's Morning Report that...
NZ health officials condemn ‘hostile’ social media attacks on virus family
Pacific Media Centre
Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) staff are calling for restraint and calm as a New Zealand family in isolation for Covid-19...