Tag: Coronavirus

By Giff Johnson, Editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Despite increasing calls this week from community and political leaders to keep the Marshall...

COMMENTARY: By My Land, My Country The Post-Courier newspaper says a company, Niugini BioMed Ltd, set up just a month ago, will be be commissioned...

COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce The covid 19 coronavirus is so small it is estimated around 500 million of them could fit onto a pin head....

By RNZ News Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg is concerned at the level of complacency the public and government is showing towards covid-19 since the country...

By RNZ News Hundreds of Russian fishing crew at a New Zealand covid isolation hotel in Christchurch are said to be in good spirits and...

Sealord responds to international fishers covid-19 outbreak at Christchurch MIQ. Video: RNZ By RNZ News Some 11 cases of covid-19 have been confirmed at a New...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Asmat regency in Papua has decided to limit access to and from the area for 28 days, starting last Sunday, after...

By RNZ News The Director-General of Health says a ship now bound for Brisbane is believed to be the most likely source of transmission in...

By Tri Indah Oktavianti in Jakarta The convicted murderer of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, died on Saturday after testing positive...

ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University; Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury; Jack Vowles, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Jennifer Curtin, and...

By RNZ News The Green Party say voters have given a strong signal they are valued in the New Zealand government, and they have ambitions...

By RNZ News New Zealand's Labour leader Jacinda Ardern received a rapturous reception when she walked on stage at the Auckland Town Hall this evening. With...

By RNZ News Seventeen passengers from New Zealand who travelled to Sydney under the trans-Tasman bubble arrangements have been caught entering Melbourne, reports the ABC. The...

By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse has tested positive for covid-19, prompting a deferral of today's appeal court hearing. Flosse and the current...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch In this new covid-19 world, environmental and climate crisis defenders are developing new ways to cope...

By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's President Edouard Fritch says he has tested positive for covid-19 on his return from France. A government statement said that despite...

This special debate, held 29 September 2020, aimed to present and discuss approaches on reopening schools or resuming classes post-covid-19. The panellists also gave...

By RNZ Pacific New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples, 'Aupito William Sio, says a total of 264 groups and individuals have successfully applied for the...

COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce The other day I wrote a post on my blog which invited people to: "Take care of others by taking care...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Aucklanders are being warned not to be caught napping again when it comes to the covid-19 pandemic. New Zealand's...

By RNZ News Housing and climate change caused the most heated exchanges at TVNZ's young voters debate in New Zealand last night, an event far...

Heavily armed Indonesian security forces move in to break up student protest at Cenderawasih University, Jayapura. Video: TV WestPapua By RNZ Pacific Indonesian police have forcibly...