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Restricted movement on Viti Levu as TC Harold hammers Fiji
By Maggie Boyle of FBC News
Fiji disaster authorities have put the whole of Viti Levu island on restricted movement due to TC Harold.
Director for...
Former PNG chief justice explains state role after second Covid-19 case
Former Chief Justice Sir Arnold Amet ... emergency powers up to controller alone. Video: EMTV News
By Martha Louis in Madang
Papua New Guinea's former Chief...
‘I lost my trust in her’, Timor PM says of health...
By Florencio Miranda Ximenes and Antónia Gusmão in Dili
Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak has explained the decision to dismiss the vice-health minister, saying...
Merauke in Papua reports spike in suspected cases, 2 deaths reported
Pacific Media Centre
Health authorities in Papua have reported a spike in the number of people under surveillance (ODP) in the southern Merauke district, with...
Stretched by coronavirus pandemic, Vanuatu faces cyclone, Mt Yasur ash
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
While the Vanuatu government is investing its resources in tackling the coronavirus pandemic threat, it is now stretching its...
NZ lockdown – day 13: Number of new cases drops to...
By RNZ News
New Zealand has 54 new confirmed and probable cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases to 1160, the Health Ministry...
During the Great Depression, many newspapers betrayed their readers. It’s happening...
ANALYSIS: By Sally Young of the University of Melbourne
Many newspapers betrayed their readers during the Great Depression and now some are doing so again...
NZ Health Minister offers to resign over beach trip in virus...
By RNZ News
New Zealand's Health Minister David Clark has revealed that he took a trip to the beach during the alert level 4 lockdown...
Monster TC Harold wreaks havoc in Vanuatu – communications lost
By RNZ Pacific
There has been no communication early today from the Vanuatu islands hardest hit by the powerful Tropical Cyclone Harold.
The category 5 storm...
NZ lockdown – day 12: Nation needs to ‘stay the course’,...
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern does not want New Zealand to be at level four for "a minute longer than needed", but says...
Jakarta’s poor at risk as city drags feet on Covid-19 social...
By Sausan Atika in Jakarta
The sluggish delivery of crucial social assistance funds by Indonesia's capital Jakarta administration in response to the Covid-19 outbreak is...
NZ lockdown – day 11: Nation has ‘made a good start’,...
By Jane Patterson, political editor of RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it's too early to claim success against the spread of Covid-19 but...
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...