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COMMENTARY: By Georgie Bright, Australia associate director of Human Rights Watch Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the fragile health system in Papua New Guinea was...

By Kelly Vacala in Suva Fiji disaster authorities have lifted movement restrictions imposed yesterday during the height of Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold have been lifted...

By RNZ News Social media misinformation about Covid-19 is putting Pacific communities in New Zealand at particular risk, government advisers say. The government announced a $17...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...