Pacific Update: 147 new coronavirus cases confirmed across the region
PACIFIC UPDATE: By Barbara Dreaver of TVNZ
There are now 147 positive cases across seven countries in the Pacific region and four deaths.
In Guam, cases...
PNG arrests 9 border crossers while governor calls for ‘shoot to...
Pacific Media Watch
Police in Papua New Guinea have arrested nine alleged illegal border crossers and quarantined them in Vanimo, reports RNZ Pacific.
The arrests came...
NZ virus lockdown forces magazine publisher Bauer Media to close
By RNZ News
The publisher of some of New Zealand's best known magazines has folded amid the economic fallout from the national coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
Bauer...
RSF launches coronavirus pandemic media freedom tracker
Pacific Media Watch
Launched by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), “Tracker 19” is a tool made for an unprecedented global crisis.
So named in reference not only...
NZ lockdown – day 7: People in their 20s are ‘the...
By RNZ News
New Zealanders in their 20s are the age group with the biggest numbers of Covid-19 and are "the vector for transmission", says...
Freeport shooting: A sad tragedy, but don’t overlook past Papua repression
COMMENTARY: By Laurens Ikinia
A sad story has taken place again in the PT Freeport Indonesia gold and copper mine area near Timika in West...
Southern Cross: Fate of community, local language papers in the balance
Pacific Media Watch
During New Zealand's national Covid-19 lockdown, educational institutions have been changing the way they function or have shut down during this period.
Auckland...
Why NZ’s coronavirus cases will rise for weeks – even in...
ANALYSIS: By Arindam Basu of the University of Canterbury
The number of New Zealanders testing positive for Covid-19 will continue to rise despite the strict...
Tonga cancels aircraft with medical supplies from China, reports say
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva Tonga
Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa says an aircraft which was expected to arrive in Tonga this week with medical...
‘Don’t be angry with us’ say Papuan churches in open letter
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Alliance of West Papuan Baptist Churches has condemned Monday's attack which killed a New Zealander and wounded two other workers...
NZ lockdown – Day 6: Emergency extended by 7 days –...
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has eased restrictions on the media industry in New Zealand during the four-week lockdown, saying it was not...
NZ mine worker killed, two others wounded in Freeport shooting
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
A New Zealand employee of gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia was shot dead on Monday by gunmen...
Pacific governments ‘working better’ with creative media in pandemic
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch
Pacific governments across the region have put side their differences with media and are working alongside them in...
14,000 could die in NZ if control efforts fail, says new...
By RNZ News
More than 14,000 New Zealanders could die and tens of thousands more could be hospitalised if the country fails in its efforts...
Facebook group set up for learning Māori during NZ’s lockdown
By RNZ News
If you're stuck at home during New Zealand's lockdown with time on your hands why not learn a new skill or a...
NZ lockdown – Day 5: Catholic girl’s school has biggest virus...
By RNZ News
The Auckland girl's secondary school Marist College has New Zealand's biggest Covid-19 cluster with 47 confirmed and probable cases.
It is the biggest...
Pacific coronavirus: Indonesia issues ‘no mercy’ warning on border crossing
By Elias Nanau in Vanimo
Indonesia has issued a stern warning over illegal border crossers from Papua New Guinea.
This follows Indonesia stepping up its security...
Reporting the covid-19 unknown: How reporters in Philippines do their job
By Imelda V. Abano in Manila
The novel coronavirus now sweeping the globe has left many countries struggling to cope with rising numbers of infections...
NZ’s $5 billion foreign student industry faces dramatic drop
By John Gerritsen of RNZ News
The $5 billion foreign student industry is facing a massive downturn with as many as half of this year's...
Māori and Pacific percentages of NZ’s coronavirus cases announced
Pacific Media Watch
New Zealand's Ministry of Health has confirmed that out of the 514 Covid-19 cases to date, approximately 4 percent of those cases...