Tag: Coronavirus
NZ reports 70 covid cases as Auckland faces longer lockdown
RNZ News
New Zealand's largest city Auckland faces two more weeks of alert level 4 as the the rest of the country prepares to move...
Arrested doctor claims Fiji police acted ‘irresponsibly’ over covid safety rules
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Arrested medical practitioner Dr Jone Hawea has claimed that Fiji police officers acted irresponsibly by not following to covid-19 safety protocols...
NZ lockdown ‘having an impact’, PM Jacinda Ardern tells nation
RNZ News
While covid-19 case numbers are still rising in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the lockdown is having an obvious impact in...
NFP leader accuses Fiji government of creating ‘police state’ after arrest
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A Fiji opposition political leader has accused the government of a "transition to a police state" with middle of the night...
Fiji police arrest outspoken former surgeon over covid ‘misinformation’
By Luke Rawalai in Suva
Fiji police have confirmed the arrest of former surgeon Dr Jone Hawea, a critic of the country's covid pandemic response,...
‘God bless them’ – church in covid cluster brushes off racist...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING: By Justin Latif, Local Democracy Reporter
"God bless them."
That's the response from a leader at the Assembly of God Church of Samoa...
Community leaders say NZ vaccine rollout plan not working for Pasifika
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
The government-designed vaccination rollout in New Zealand has not mobilised Pacific communities to respond safely and effectively, the Pacific...
41 new covid cases in New Zealand community, says Bloomfield
RNZ News
New Zealand reports there are 41 new cases of covid-19 in the community today, a day after the country's lockdown was extended.
This is...
NZ stays in lockdown with 35 more covid cases reaching 107...
RNZ News
All of New Zealand will remain in lockdown until at least Friday, while Auckland will remain in level 4 until at least 31...
Fijian clinical team puts together response plan for covid-hit Kadavu
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Fiji's Ministry of Health’s clinical scoping team on the remote southern island of Kadavu has begun to put together a...
Pacific churchgoers urged to isolate as cluster cases identified in Wellington
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand health officials are concerned about a cluster of covid-19 cases linked to a Pacific church in Auckland's Māngere suburb.
The Ministry of...
Pacific health provider fears for covid-forced lockdown hardships
By Sarah Robson, RNZ News social issues reporter
A Pacific health and social service provider in Auckland fears the city's fifth lockdown will push families...
NZ reports 21 new covid community cases – outbreak total now...
RNZ News
New Zealand has reported 21 new community cases of covid-19 today - 20 in Auckland and one in Wellington.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley...
21 new community covid cases in New Zealand – total now...
RNZ News
New Zealand has reported 21 new covid-19 community cases in the country today.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director of Public Health Dr Caroline...
Anger and misinformation about covid-19 in NZ a dangerous tumour
FIRST PERSON: By Ben Strang, RNZ News reporter
RNZ reporter Ben Strang was on the streets before the latest lockdown when he was attacked, and...
11 new covid cases in NZ community, including three in Wellington
RNZ News
Eleven new cases of covid-19 have been reported in the community in New Zealand today, including three in the capital Wellington, the Ministry...
NZ’s covid-19 outbreak linked to case from Australia – now 21...
RNZ News
New Zealand's current cases of covid-19 -- the first community outbreak for six months -- have been linked to a traveller who arrived...
NZ lockdown streets silenced, 10 covid cases, police make ‘conspiracy’ arrests
RNZ News
New Zealand's streets were largely silent today as the three-day nationwide alert-level 4 lockdown kicked in with 10 cases of covid-19 reported so...
AUT student among 10 new delta cases of covid-19 in NZ...
RNZ News
An Auckland University of Technology (AUT) student who was at a lecture yesterday is among the 10 new cases of covid-19 reported in...
Auckland nurse worked four shifts not knowing she had virus –...
Today's New Zealand covid-19 media briefing. Video: RNZ News
RNZ News
The Auckland Hospital nurse who has tested positive for covid-19 worked four shifts not knowing...
Cook Islands suspends travel bubble with New Zealand – 5 delta...
Cook Islands News
Cook Islands has suspended the travel bubble with New Zealand after NZ officials reported new covid-19 community cases in Auckland.
Four new community...
NZ declares national level 4 lockdown over covid community case
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced an alert-level 4 lockdown starting at 11.59pm tonight for seven days in Auckland and Coromandel,...