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5th NZ coronavirus case: Community spread ‘inevitable’, says professor
By RNZ News
A public health professor says the World Health Organisation's failure to declare Covid-19 a pandemic is giving New Zealanders a false sense...
NZ remains low-risk but must protect Pacific nations from Covid-19 virus
ANALYSIS: By Dr Colin Tukuitonga
As Covid-19 coronavirus continues to cause considerable concern globally, we must remind ourselves that New Zealand has a good response...
Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ‘lived her convictions’
By RNZ News
Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has died.
Her husband, Harry Parke, said the death was totally unexpected.
"Yesterday morning she was out on...
Indonesian coronavirus patients hit by lack of privacy legal safeguards
By Ardilla Syakriah, Rizki Fachriansyah and Muh. Ibnu Aqil in Jakarta
Indonesia’s first two confirmed Covid-19 coronavirus patients claim that media coverage and discussion on...
Third coronavirus case confirmed in NZ, says health chief
By RNZ News
A third case of Covid-19 coronavirus has been confirmed in New Zealand.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield told RNZ's Morning Report that...
NZ health officials condemn ‘hostile’ social media attacks on virus family
Pacific Media Centre
Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) staff are calling for restraint and calm as a New Zealand family in isolation for Covid-19...
Investments minister ‘rules out’ more palm oil plantations in Papua
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta
A top Indonesian official has declared a halt to new oil palm plantations in the country’s heavily forested West...
Indonesian security chief belittles Papua political prisoners document
Pacific Media Centre
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD says he is not interested in further examining the document containing...
Indonesia’s Jokowi announces first two confirmed Covid-19 cases
By Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has announced that two Indonesians have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the...
China’s ‘mixed messages’ in Asia recipe for distrust, says academic
China’s rise in the Asia-Pacific region has the entire globe assessing how the future of the region might look. Delegates at February’s QS Summit...
New Zealand confirms case of Covid-19 coronavirus – traveller from Iran
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed today that a suspected case of Covid-19 coronavirus has tested positive in New Zealand.
Ardern said the person...
New Zealanders with disability in Australia treated as ‘second class’
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News in Brisbane
Thousands of New Zealanders who are denied disability support are hoping Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will take...
Opposition senator challenges top Duterte aide in TV network row
By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila
Philippines Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has dismissed comments by Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go that "politics" is...
PM Jacinda Ardern pays tribute to Fijians killed in Christchurch attacks
By RNZ Pacific
Jacinda Ardern has paid tribute to the three Fijians who died in last year's Christchurch mosque shootings.
Ardern spoke today at Lautoka Mosque...
‘Outsider’ voice films open new storytelling spaces, says academic
By Nicola Igusa
The value of different perspectives in film making is valued now more than ever, says Auckland University of Technology screen production Associate...
Rio Tinto, clean up your own toxic smelter mess (and go...
OPINION: By Murray Horton in Christchurch
For as long as the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (Cafca) has existed – more than 45 years...
Labor’s climate policy too little, too late – we must run...
By Will Steffen of the Australian National University
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s announcement on Friday that a Labor government in Australia would adopt a target...
Eight dead following big PNG jailbreak near Mt Hagen – manhunt,...
By Vasinatta Yama in Mt Hagen
Eight prisoners at the Baisu Correctional Service prison near the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mt Hagen are...
Climate change research aims to give back Pacific’s ‘sustainable voice’
Pacific Media Watch
A University of Waikato researcher says some of the current colonial representations of climate change in the Pacific are obscuring Pacific voices...
Indonesia reviews Papua special funds – why $7.4bn since 2002 hasn’t...
ANALYSIS: By Asmiati Malik in Jakarta
The Indonesian government plans to evaluate the efficacy of special funds for the West Papua region. These funds have been...
Early elections cannot become the norm in Timor-Leste, says Alkatiri
By Evaristo Soares Martins in Dili
Early elections cannot be allowed to “become the political culture” in Timor-Leste, says the leader of the opposition Fretilin...
From PNG crime to a small town cycle business – how...
By Sharlyne Eri in Lae
A Papua New Guinean man who once resorted to crime to make a living is now running a bicycle repair...