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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,...

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...