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By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's government has confirmed the territory's first two cases of Covid-19. The government said last night two people who arrived from Australia...

By Aika Rey in Manila President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of calamity in the Philippines as cases of the novel coronavirus in the...

By RNZ News New Zealand has eight new cases of Covid-19, all related to overseas travel, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. It brings the total...

By Scott Waide in Lae The Papua New Guinea Defence Force has been put on alert as Health Minister Jelta Wong formally declared the Covid-19...

ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker of La Trobe University When the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to the bone this week, this represented the most decisive...

By RNZ Pacific Air Tahiti Nui has decided to reroute its flights to France via the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. The change was announced after...

By RNZ News Health officials have ramped up their presence at airports in New Zealand as tougher travel restrictions came into force today. From 1am today...

By RNZ News Some travellers trying to beat the New Zealand deadline early today for self-isolations to prevent the Covid-19 coronavirus spreading have been turned...

By Rappler The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed 29 new cases of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus in the country today - bringing the...

ANALYSIS: By Paul Spoonley of Massey University In the hours after the Christchurch mosque attacks on March 15 last year, I wrote that I hoped...

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced late today wide-ranging travel restrictions which mean as of midnight tomorrow anyone coming into New Zealand will...

By Lian Buan in Manila The Philippines Department of Health has announced 34 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the country, bringing the...

OPINION: By Scott Waide in Port Moresby There is no other way to say this to the government of Papua New Guinea. Prime Minister James Marape,...

By Sela Jane Hopgood of RNZ Pacific The cancellation of this year's New Zealand Pasifika Festival in Auckland because of coronavirus fears is expected to...

By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila Several cabinet members of the Duterte government are placing themselves under quarantine in an effort to prevent the spread of...

By Ale Asa in Porgera Ten people – including three children – have been massacred when a fight between two warring tribes from Tari spilled...

By Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta Indonesia has reported its first death from the Covid-19 coronavirus today, a 53-year-old woman and foreign citizen identified as...

By Philip Cass Former Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano will be sentenced at the end of next month after being found guilty in the Supreme Court...

By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected calls to place Metro Manila on lockdown after health officials recorded a spike in Covid-19...

By Ayat S. Karokaro in Medan Indonesian ­ activists have deplored the recent jailing of two indigenous community members in Sumatra in a land conflict...

By Alfredo R. Paloyo of University of Wollongong Panic buying knows no borders. Shoppers in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong and the United States have...

ANALYSIS: By Catherine Rottenberg A few days ago, I received a message from my son's secondary school announcing that it would be celebrating International Women's...