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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,...

By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of Television NZ More than 300 Cook Islanders stranded and in lockdown in New Zealand are furious to receive news...

By RNZ News New Zealand reported 13 new cases of Covid-19 today, made up of eight confirmed, and five probable cases. The total number of cases...

Pacific Media Centre The Indonesian government is bracing itself for social unrest ahead of the Ramadan fasting month amid the economic downturn caused by the...

By RNZ News There have now been 11 deaths from Covid-19 in New Zealand, but the number of new cases has dropped to single figures...

By Jennifer Robinson and Veronica Koman with the support of TAPOL Sixty-three political prisoners detained on treason charges in Indonesia have made a joint urgent...

ANALYSIS: By Peter Greste of The University of Queensland It is easy to assume Australia has a free press. Our squawky newspapers are filled with...

By Wansolwara News A 21-year-old man on Fiji's Vanua Levu island has tested positive for the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, taking the total number of cases...

Pacific Media Centre Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has confirmed that there are now five new cases of coronavirus in the country, three...

By RNZ News New Zealand has had the lowest daily increase of Covid-19 coronavirus infection cases since lockdown began last month, the Prime Minister has...

By Koroi Tadulala in Suva Fiji's Ministry of Health mobile fever clinic teams operating in the greater Suva area have screened 121,304 Fijians so far. The...

By RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, government ministers and public service chief executives will take a 20 percent pay cut for the...

ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw of Massey University New Zealand’s general election is currently set for September 19. Under ordinary circumstances, campaigning for the election and...

By John Gerritsen, education correspondent of RNZ News The second term of New Zealand's school year starts today, but nobody is going to class. Schools are...

By RNZ News Four more people have died from Covid-19 in New Zealand in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry has confirmed. Nine people have...

Pacific Media Centre Fears are mounting over the safety of 1040 crew members - many of them from the Philippines - on board the Ruby...

ANALYSIS: By Tobias R. Keller and Rosalie Gillett of the Queensland University of Technology Even before the coronavirus arrived to turn life upside down and...

Pacific Media Centre The Chinese consul in French Polynesia, Shen Zhiliang, has described the new coronavirus causing the global Covid-19 pandemic as "our common enemy”. He...

By Maggie Boyle in Suva Fiji's Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says that with mobile health clinics "hitting the ground" in Suva, the aim is...

By RNZ News New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield today confirmed the Health Ministry is "actively looking" at the rules around people visiting...

By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News Australia's Human Rights Commissioner has called for the "urgent" and "immediate" release of immigration detainees in line with recommendations...

By RNZ News New Zealand's number of recovered cases of Covid-19 continues to be higher than the number of new infections, the Director-General of Health...