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Virgin air ban on Vanuatu a ‘temporary measure’
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
The latest chapter in the airport debacle may soon be over.
Airports Vanuatu Ltd CEO Jason Rakau said yesterday that...
Pacific nations need to ‘weave together’ – act now over climate, says Laban
Pacific nations need to weave together and act now to avoid tragedy as the effects of climate change take their toll on the region,...
Pacific storytelling with a focus on the ignored and ‘untold’ issues
A video made by an AUT screen production graduate, Sasya Wreksono, marking the 10th anniversary of the Pacific Media Centre. Video: PMC
PROFILE: By Craig...
Defiant Sogavare vows he will not resign in wake of riots
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
A defiant Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has vowed tonight that he will not resign and will defend Solomon Islands democracy...
Cyclone ‘flattened’ 10 villages in Fiji’s Ra – now 22,181 evacuees
By Shayal Devi of The Fiji Times
Fiji's coastal district of Nakorotubu, Ra, which includes more than 10 villages and a population of more than...
End ‘colonial mindset’ over skewed world rugby, says Samoan PM
By Lance Polu in Apia
World Rugby must adopt a “one country one national team” in world competitions as it is done in the Olympics...
Rod Jackson: Why New Zealand’s response to the covid pandemic was proportionate
COMMENTARY: By Professor Rod Jackson
In a recent article (Weekend Herald, April 16) John Roughan wrote that the covid-19 pandemic has been an anticlimax in...
Fiji denies allegations of takeover at regional USP as criticisms mount
By Lena Reece in Suva
The Fiji government has denied allegations being levelled against it of trying to "nationalise" the 12-nation University of the South...
Bryce Edwards: Mamdani lessons – NZ left need to catch up with the Zeitgeist
COMMENTARY: By Bryce Edwards
Yesterday’s victory of “democratic socialist” Zohran Mamdani in the race for the New York mayoralty is fuelling debate among progressives around...
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NZ to mandate covid vaccination for workplaces requiring entry certificates
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced vaccination will be mandated in any workplace that requires a certificate of vaccination for entry.
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Solomons to ban Facebook but claims ‘media freedom to remain’
By Georgina Kekea in Honiara
The Solomon Islands cabinet has agreed to ban the world’s biggest social networking platform Facebook in the country.
The submission for...
Pacific coronavirus: Lockdown, curfew, begin in Tonga on Sunday
By Philip Cass
Tonga will go into lockdown at 1am on Sunday morning, March 29.
There will also be a night time curfew from 8pm to...
Wapenamanda massacre: PNG leaders angry over tribal war ‘barbarity’
By Gorethy Kenneth
Papua New Guinea’s image on the international stage took a battering yesterday when graphic images of dead bodies piled upon each other...









































