APR editor
Refugees, asylum seekers flag fears over possible Brisbane virus hotspot
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News in Brisbane
Refugees and asylum seekers in Brisbane have begun daily protests urging for their release after doctors and...
Pacific coronavirus: Cases rise in Tahiti, Guam and Hawai’i
By RNZ Pacific
The number of people with Covid-19 in the Pacific continues to climb with French Polynesia hitting 40 cases, Guam now over 90...
NZ lockdown – day 10: Women’s Refuge sees high demand, strains
By RNZ News
Women's Refuge says lockdown worries and family strains are resulting in high demand at many of their services right now.
Chief executive Ang...
Masking power in the age of contagion: China’s two faces over...
ANALYSIS: By Haiqing Yu of RMIT University and Michael Keane of Curtin University
China has gradually emerged out of its shadow of despair as the...
Papuan MP calls for NZ involvement in independent shooting inquiry
Pacific Media Centre
A member of the Papuan Parliament has called for an independent inquiry into last Monday's Freeport copper mine shooting conducted by the...
NZ lockdown – Day 9: How many Covid-19 cases does nation...
ANALYSIS: By Peter Wilson
Every day at 1pm New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announces precise figures on the number of confirmed and...
NZ lockdown – day 8: Biggest increase with 89 new cases,...
By RNZ News
New Zealand has had its biggest increase in one day as the Health Ministry confirms 89 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the...
NZ virus lockdown forces magazine publisher Bauer Media to close
By RNZ News
The publisher of some of New Zealand's best known magazines has folded amid the economic fallout from the national coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
Bauer...
NZ lockdown – day 7: People in their 20s are ‘the...
By RNZ News
New Zealanders in their 20s are the age group with the biggest numbers of Covid-19 and are "the vector for transmission", says...
Freeport shooting: A sad tragedy, but don’t overlook past Papua repression
COMMENTARY: By Laurens Ikinia
A sad story has taken place again in the PT Freeport Indonesia gold and copper mine area near Timika in West...
Why NZ’s coronavirus cases will rise for weeks – even in...
ANALYSIS: By Arindam Basu of the University of Canterbury
The number of New Zealanders testing positive for Covid-19 will continue to rise despite the strict...
Tonga cancels aircraft with medical supplies from China, reports say
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva Tonga
Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa says an aircraft which was expected to arrive in Tonga this week with medical...
‘Don’t be angry with us’ say Papuan churches in open letter
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Alliance of West Papuan Baptist Churches has condemned Monday's attack which killed a New Zealander and wounded two other workers...
NZ lockdown – Day 6: Emergency extended by 7 days –...
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has eased restrictions on the media industry in New Zealand during the four-week lockdown, saying it was not...
14,000 could die in NZ if control efforts fail, says new...
By RNZ News
More than 14,000 New Zealanders could die and tens of thousands more could be hospitalised if the country fails in its efforts...
Facebook group set up for learning Māori during NZ’s lockdown
By RNZ News
If you're stuck at home during New Zealand's lockdown with time on your hands why not learn a new skill or a...
NZ lockdown – Day 5: Catholic girl’s school has biggest virus...
By RNZ News
The Auckland girl's secondary school Marist College has New Zealand's biggest Covid-19 cluster with 47 confirmed and probable cases.
It is the biggest...
Reporting the covid-19 unknown: How reporters in Philippines do their job
By Imelda V. Abano in Manila
The novel coronavirus now sweeping the globe has left many countries struggling to cope with rising numbers of infections...
NZ’s $5 billion foreign student industry faces dramatic drop
By John Gerritsen of RNZ News
The $5 billion foreign student industry is facing a massive downturn with as many as half of this year's...
NZ lockdown – Day 4: First death in New Zealand from...
By RNZ News
New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have confirmed the country's first death from the Covid-19...
PNG’s Health Minister Jelta Wong ‘sidelines’ Kramer in virus briefings
By Simon Eroro in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea will have only one press release in the afternoons at 4:00pm daily to give updates on...
Pacific coronavirus: French Polynesia Covid-19 tally rises to 34
By RNZ Pacific
The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in French Polynesia has risen by four to 34.
The update from the government said...