Fears of covid-19 ‘time bomb’ of sorcery accusations, violence in PNG
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Unexplained deaths spark sorcery claims, torture and murder, as fears...
Facebook boosts Pacific-wide health campaign against misinformation
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Papuans protest over draconian bid by Jakarta to replace Governor Enembe
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RNZ Pacific
Samoa's Supreme Court has ruled that the FAST party's swearing in at Parliament last month was illegal.
But it has also ruled that Parliament...
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Samoa’s FAST gets Appeal Court election clarification it wanted
RNZ Pacific
The Court of Appeal in Samoa says its ruling from June 2 on the sixth women's seat cannot be used to delay the...
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Fiji covid-19 death toll still climbs – woman dies at 34...
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
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Indonesia vs covid – ‘it’s like fighting a war without a...
By Tsarina Maharani in Jakarta
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Fiji government must give ‘critical’ covid-19 crisis timeline, says lawyer
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
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He...
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Fiji may be facing heavy covid disaster within month, warns health...
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
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NZ’s capital moves to covid alert level 2 after Sydney tourist...
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The Wellington region moved to alert level 2 at 6pm today after an Australian tourist who visited the New Zealand capital on the...
NZ considers possible lockdown in Wellington over covid case, says Bloomfield
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New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says health authorities are considering a possible lockdown in the capital Wellington after a visitor...