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Fijians urged to take omicron virus variant seriously amid global spread
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's Health Ministry is concerned that people are not taking the new omicron variant of the coronavirus seriously.
Fiji reported two cases of the...
Eight million covid vaccine doses given in NZ – Māori rate...
RNZ News
New Zealand has reached a milestone of eight million vaccine doses administered.
The milestone was featured in the Ministry of Health's covid-19 update today.
The...
Jakarta lashes out at UN annual report, denies intimidation of rights...
By Yance Agapa in Jayapura
Indonesia has strongly criticised the United Nations in response to cases of human rights violations in Papua being cited in...
Pro-Macron presidential election committee formed in New Caledonia
RNZ Pacific
A committee has been set up in New Caledonia to support the re-election of French President Emmanuel Macron although he is yet to...
60,000 flee as West Papua conflict deepens, poses questions for region
SPECIAL REPORT: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
Armed conflict in West Papua continues to claim lives, displace tens of thousands of people and cause...
Families of victims reject Jakarta 2014 Paniai massacre investigation
By Yance Agapa in Jayapura
The Papuan people have rejected the investigation team formed by the Indonesian state through the Attorney-General's Office (AGO) to investigate...
Steven Ratuva becomes world’s first Pacific distinguished professor
Tagata Pasifika
Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva is the first Pacific person ever to be promoted to the highest professorial status of distinguished professor.
The award-winning Fiji-born...
Majority of NZ delta covid outbreak hospital patients Māori and Pacific
By Jake McKee, RNZ News reporter
New Zealand's longest covid-19 hospitalisation in Auckland and Northland during the first three months of the current outbreak was...
UN warns Indonesia to stop reprisals against human rights defender
RNZ Pacific
The United Nations says Indonesia must immediately drop charges and look into threats, intimidation and reprisals against human rights defender Veronica Koman and...
Omicron in NZ, covid-19 vaccine milestones and mandate protest
RNZ News
New Zealand's first case of omicron has been identified, as the country hit its 90 percent full vaccination target today, children between five...
France calls for proposals to revise New Caledonia’s political statute
RNZ Pacific
France's Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu has called on New Caledonia's political parties to draw up proposals on a new statute for the territory...
Order to close ‘illegal’ medical clinics in PNG will leave 200,000...
By Grace Auka Salmang and Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby
Closing down of nursing stations and medical clinics operated by retail pharmacies will see more...
Pacific civil society groups slam New Caledonia ballot as ‘unjust …...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The French government’s decision to press ahead with the third and final referendum vote for self-determination in Kanaky New Caledonia was...
Education minister Sovaleni elected as Tonga’s new prime minister
Kaniva News
Tonga’s Parliament has elected a new prime minister to replace Dr Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa.
Siaosi Sovaleni, 51, the current Minister of Education, has won convincingly...
France’s New Caledonia policy labelled a ‘catastrophe’ by left leader
RNZ Pacific
A leftwing candidate in the French presidential race, Jean-Luc Melenchon, says the outcome of New Caledonia's independence referendum is a catastrophe.
He held a...
Auckland lockdown boundary lifts as thousands make exodus
RNZ News
Aucklanders are travelling out of New Zealand's largest city today as the border around Tāmaki Makaurau opens for the first time in 120...
Garden Hills squatters evicted in Port Moresby crackdown on church land
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
Hundreds of settlers from the controversial Garden Hills settlement along Waigani Drive in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District...
New Caledonian referendum result rejected – not wish of ‘silent majority’
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's pro-independence umbrella organisation says it does not recognise the legitimacy and validity of the third and final referendum on independence from...
French nuclear experts offer reassuring but contradictory ‘clear answers’ to investigative...
ANALYSIS: By Ena Manuireva
Following the publication of the book Toxic some 9 months ago and President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to French Polynesia last July,...
NZ nurse referred to Nursing Council over online threats to attack...
RNZ News
A New Zealand nurse has been referred to a professional conduct committee by the Nursing Council after posting threats online against medical professionals...
New Caledonia faced with uncertainty over Noumea Accord legacy
RNZ Pacific
A law professor in Noumea says New Caledonia is now faced with a period of high uncertainty -- be it political, economic or...
Paris delighted at New Caledonia result, but Kanaks dismiss it
RNZ Pacific
Leading French politicians have welcomed New Caledonia's rejection of independence, but pro-independence leaders have dismissed the result.
More than 96 percent voted against independence...