NZ reports 16 new community covid cases after drop to single...
RNZ News
New Zealand has 16 community cases of covid-19 today, according to the Ministry of Health.
In a statement, the ministry said 13 of today's...
PNG covid lockdown plans ‘not ready’ – strict protocols instead
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's acting Prime Minister Soroi Eoe says the specific lockdown measures planned for the covid-19 spike in...
Special report: Dreams, dollars and destruction of a Papuan rainforest
Melanie Reid's video story on the Tanah Merah megaproject. Video: Newsroom
SPECIAL REPORT: By Melanie Reid and Bonnie Sumner of Newsroom
Newsroom.co.nz
An Auckland property developer is...
Wenda blames nurse’s death on Indonesian military crackdown for Papuan mining,...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has blamed the Indonesian military over the attack at a hospital in Kiwirok, near...
Moana Pasifika and Fiji Drua overcome Super Rugby hurdles
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
While the All Blacks and Springboks will play their 100th test tomorrow both Pacific rugby teams are preparing for...
Taliban ‘journalism rules’ open way to censorship, persecution, warns RSF
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it is very disturbed by the “11 journalism rules” that the Taliban announced at a meeting...
Covid deaths soar in New Caledonian crisis – 16 in one...
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia recorded 16 covid-19 deaths yesterday -- the highest single day total since the delta strain of the virus arrived in the...
Auckland mayor Goff makes ‘roll up your sleeves – take covid...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has appealed to the 1.7 million people in the city to "roll up your sleeves" and get...
PNG prepares to impose covid lockdown in several provinces
RNZ News
Papua New Guinea authorities are preparing for a four-week lockdown in at least three provinces at the end of the month.
The move has...
‘My way or highway’ bill a product of Fiji dictatorship, says...
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Fiji's pposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad told Parliament yesterday that the Electoral Registration of Voters (Amendment) Bill...
In spite of relentless media negativity, NZ’s covid story is largely...
COMMENTARY: By Glen Johnson
On August 17, a 58-year-old man from Auckland became symptomatic and tested positive for covid-19. It was New Zealand’s first community...
Detained West Papuan activist at risk of ‘dying in jail’, UN...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A United Nations expert has urged Indonesia to provide proper medical care to a Papuan independence activist to "keep him from...
PNG doctor from Daru Hospital dies from covid-19
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A Papua New Guinean doctor evacuated from Daru in Western Province to Port Moresby last Tuesday has died – the latest...
Covid-19 crisis a pretext for West Papua online, offline repression, says...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Indonesian government has used the covid-19 pandemic as a pretext to crack down on West Papuan street protests and to...
If NZ’s covid elimination strategy is abandoned now ‘more Māori and...
ANALYSIS: By Collin Tukuitonga, University of Auckland
Auckland’s move to alert level 3 has also triggered speculation about whether the national covid-19 elimination strategy has...
NZ covid-19 breaches: Infringement fines to increase dramatically
RNZ News
Breaching covid-19 restrictions in New Zealand will now mean an increased infringement fee of up to $12,000 for individuals when imposed by a...
Samoa Observer: The fallacy of a nuclear submarine deal for peace
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
It perhaps wasn’t a remarkable coincidence that last month Samoa’s former Ambassador to the United Nations called on...
NZ experts say Auckland move to alert level 3 ‘risky’ –...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
Alert level 3 is being called a roll of the dice that could either eliminate delta or send...
Pacquiao says boxing career over in favour of his presidency quest
By Roy Luarca in Manila
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is leaving the sport that propelled him to stardom as he seeks the Philippine presidency...
PNG’s labour minister calls for truce in ‘no jab no job’...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's Department of Labour has broken its silence over the government’s stance on covid-19 testing requirements in the "no...









































