Tag: covid-19

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Surveillance and better vaccine coverage is needed to prevent another measles outbreak in the Pacific, says the World Health...

Wansolwara News The University of the South Pacific journalism programme is hosting a cohort student journalists from Australia's Queensland University of Technology this week. Led by...

RNZ News Former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson has defended Aotearoa New Zealand's public interest journalism fund that his government started during the covid-19 pandemic, after...

ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent A prominent pro-France leader in New Caledonia, Sonia Backès, has resigned from the French government after a...

By Peter de Graaf, RNZ News Northland MP Willow-Jean Prime walked into the lion's den when she took part in an election debate in Kerikeri...

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist Parliament has ended for another term, shutting down ahead of the Aotearoa New Zealand election campaign with...

RNZ News A GPs advocacy group says that practices learned from the covid-19 pandemic, like staying home when sick or wearing masks in health facilities,...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist The media sector in the Pacific should be supported with an enabling environment to...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The number of covid-19 community cases in Tokelau has surpassed 50 and has now cropped up on all three...

By Blessen Tom, RNZ News journalist A third New Zealand university is close to signing with Mumbai's Bombay Stock Exchange Institute, opening up opportunities for...

By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has received one of the top accolades in today's King's Birthday...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Tokelau's largest atoll, Nukunonu, is now out of lockdown after experiencing its first community cases of covid-19. In a statement,...

RNZ News The World Health Organisation's decision to remove covid-19 as a global health emergency is the right move, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says. The organisation...

RNZ News New Zealand is in the grip of a fourth wave of covid but it is predicted to be smaller than previous mass outbreaks. The...

RNZ News Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says Aotearoa New Zealand is experiencing its fourth wave of covid-19 infection and warns people to stay vigilant. He said...

ANALYSIS: By Grant Duncan, Massey University Jacinda Ardern’s resignation as prime minister in January was a courageous and pragmatic decision for herself, her family and...

RNZ News Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has used her valedictory speech to Parliament to ask the House to take the politics out...

RNZ News Jacinda Ardern will largely be remembered in Aotearoa New Zealand as the prime minister whose pandemic-era policies saved thousands of Kiwi lives, according...

ANALYSIS: By Grant Duncan, Massey University Following the surprise resignation of Jacinda Ardern on January 19, Aotearoa New Zealand already has a new Prime Minister...

RNZ News Travellers from China to Australia will be required to have a negative pre-departure covid-19 test from January 5 -- and New Zealand says...

RNZ News Thousands of people will be cancelling their Christmas Day plans thanks to the invisible grinch, covid-19. Leading epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker estimates 85,000 people...

RNZ News With restrictions eased, public health warnings muted and mask wearing now almost non-existent, the risk of contracting covid-19 is still very real, particularly...