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Hundreds more may die in NZ’s first omicron wave, covid modeller...
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist
A covid-19 modeller says hundreds more people could die in Aotearoa New Zealand's first wave of the omicron...
Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan...
By Matthew Scott of Newsroom
Time is running out for a group of West Papuan students in New Zealand whose scholarships were cut -- out...
‘Tread carefully’, opposition warns Solomons PM over geopolitical rivalries
By Robert Iroga
Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale has warned that the country is a young and "fairly fragile" democracy and should keep clear...
OPM rejects Papuan peace talks with Jakarta unless mediated by UN
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) has rejected peace talks with the Indonesian government if it is only...
Covid-19 modeller says NZ’s omicron death rate ‘comparable’ to other countries
RNZ News
A covid-19 modeller is hopeful omicron hospitalisations have peaked and says at this stage New Zealand's death rate is at a comparable level...
Papuan students caught by Indonesian grants cutback plead for NZ help
The West Papua students who had their tertiary scholarships terminated by the Indonesian government have turned to New Zealanders for help. Video: Tagata Pasifika
By...
Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic...
ANALYSIS: By Joanne Wallis and Czeslaw Tubilewicz of the University of Adelaide
The draft security agreement between China and Solomon Islands circulating on social media...
Leaked draft China-Solomon Islands security pact causes Pacific stir
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
A draft security cooperation agreement between China and Solomon Islands has been leaked on social media.
The unverified document includes...
Iwi leader warns Māori to take extreme care under ‘dangerous’ new...
By Moana Ellis of Local Democracy Reporting
A Whanganui iwi leader says the Aotearoa New Zealand government's decision to ease covid-19 measures at this time is...
How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans
On Thursday, 10 March 2022, thousands of Papuan people in the Lapago Wamena Cultural Area took to the streets to paralyse Wamena city. They...
NZ’s omicron outbreak: PM Ardern heralds changes to traffic light strategy
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed cabinet's decisions about when and how covid-19 restrictions will be eased.
She said the traffic light...
Two key Timor-Leste revolutionary heroes forced to presidency run-off
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Timor-Leste's citizens voted for a new president at the weekend, hoping the most competitive election in the history of the Asia-Pacific's...
Samoa extends lockdown as spread of covid-19 cases jumps to 467
RNZ Pacific
The Samoa government has extended its alert level three lockdown for another two weeks, due to the rapid spread of the covid-19 in...
NZ’s covid-19 case numbers past their peak in Auckland, says Bloomfield
RNZ News
New Zealand's Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, says covid-19 case numbers have passed their peak in Auckland, the country's largest city, but...
Ukraine war: Green Party says NZ’s $5m funding better for ‘saving...
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor
The Green Party says New Zealand has put its relationship with the NATO security alliance ahead of...
West Papuan students in dire straits in NZ after Indonesia cuts...
By Sri Krishnamurthi, RNZ Pacific digital journalist
Students from West Papua have been facing a stressful time in New Zealand since the beginning of the...
Samoa’s covid positive cases surge tops 196, report health officials
By Alexander Rheeney in Apia
Samoa’s total number of active covid-19 cases has increased to 196 with the government confirming 192 cases in Upolu and...
Omicron peak not right time to relax public health measures, says...
RNZ News
The clamour in New Zealand to ditch vaccine passes and change the traffic light setting is poorly timed, an epidemiologist says.
The number of...
Covid diagnosis: Could I have had the virus and not realised?
ANALYSIS: By Ashwin Swaminathan, Australian National University
It seems not a day goes by without learning someone in our inner circle of family, friends and...
‘Warmest welcome you can imagine’ – Ardern opens NZ doors to...
By Tess Brunton, RNZ News tourism reporter
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has gone on a marketing blitz to reel Australians to Aotearoa New Zealand's shores.
It...
Auckland hospitals put most care on hold, incentives fail to fix...
RNZ News
An Auckland nurse says a lucrative incentive payment has not fixed the city's dire hospital staffing shortage in Aotearoa New Zealand's current covid-19...
How China is manipulating the information war in the Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Sue Ahearn
As China seeks greater influence in the South Pacific, its manipulation of local news outlets is having a serious impact on...