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New Zealand has just one new confirmed case of covid-19 coronavirus, and four new probable cases, the Health Ministry has revealed. But Director-General of...

Pacific Media Centre Off-label drugs may now be used in clinical trials in the Philippines to test possible cures for the coronavirus, pandemic, the Department...

By Anish Chand in Suva Political leaders are known to beat around the bush when it comes to answering serious topics and when faced with...

By RNZ News New Zealand has identified another nine cases of the covid-19 coronavirus, but no new deaths. The new cases include four confirmed and five...

By RNZ News A New Zealand university is asking students to pay a "placeholder fee" for rooms in its halls of residence during the covid-19...

By RNZ News New Zealanders are commemorating Anzac Day all around the country in an unique way today. Services around the country have been shelved and...

By RNZ News Five new cases of covid-19 have been reported in New Zealand in the past 24 hours, with one more death linked to...

By Tess Brunton, tourism reporter of RNZ News The mayor of Queenstown Lakes has described plans to cut hundreds of tourism jobs as a horror...

By Martha Louis in Madang A group of Papua New Guinean women who sell crafts at Madang’s famous Haus Kaving outside the Madang Resort have been...

By Stefan Armbruster in Brisbane A refugee in immigration detention has launched a High Court challenge against Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and his...

By RNZ News Three new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in New Zealand in the past 24 hours, with the Health Ministry also confirming...

By RNZ News Air New Zealand has confirmed that 30 of its staff have tested positive for Covid-19, with 25 of them now recovered. In a...

DISPATCH FROM THE PACIFIC: By Professor Elisabeth Holland. She writes from a remote island in Fiji’s Koro Sea where she went to stay out...

Stunning drone footage taken in Auckland and Wellington during level 4 lockdown shows few vehicles and an absence of pedestrians in New Zealand's main...

By Lice Movono in Suva Former Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase died early today at the Oceania Hospital in Suva, following a short illness. Confirming the...

By Godwin Ligo, Terence Malapa and Kizzy Kalsakau in Port Vila The new Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu is Bob Loughman, president of...

ANALYSIS: By Dougal Sutherland, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Arindam Basu, University of Canterbury; Malcolm Campbell, University of Canterbury; Martin Berka,...

By RNZ News The vulnerable health of an urbanised Māori and Pasifika population was among reasons for extending the country's alert level 4 lockdown, the...

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand's level 4 lockdown will be extended five days until next Monday night. The country went...

By Anish Chand A Fiji man was shot dead by police in the south Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe early today. Counties Manukau Police District Commander Superintendent...

New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan says the provincial government will ensure communities are protected.  Video: EM TV News By Jack Lapauve Jnr in Kavieng With...

Compiled by Godwin Ligo in Port Vila The former president of the National United Party (NUP) and one time former Prime Minister, Ham Lini Vanuaroroa,...