Tag: covid-19
Aupito to attend Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji instead of Mahuta
RNZ Pacific
Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio will attend the Pacific Islands Forum in Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta's stead as she recovers from covid-19.
In...
Bellis apology doesn’t mean MIQ was unjustified, says Hipkins
RNZ News
Former Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says his apology to journalist Charlotte Bellis does not extend to the Aotearoa New Zealand government's MIQ...
French court rejects Kanak Senate bid to annul New Caledonia referendum...
RNZ Pacific
An indigenous legal challenge in a bid to annul the result of last December's referendum on New Caledonia's independence from France has failed.
The...
‘Calm’ health advocate among 18 Pasifika recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Eleisha Foon, journalist
Pacific health advocate and champion Dr Collin Fonotau Tukuitonga heads the list of Pacific recipients...
China’s whirlwind Pacific tour a slight success with several signed deals
ANALYSIS: By the RNZ Pacific editorial team
China has been successful in signing multiple bilateral agreements with almost a dozen Pacific Island nations during its...
Fiji tourism back on its feet with a fresh focus on...
By Sheryl Lal and Akansha Narayan in Nadi, Fiji
Although Fiji was unaffected by the first wave of covid-19, its tourism sector -- the lifeblood...
NZ Budget 2022: Record $11.1 billion post-covid boost for health system
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor
More than two million New Zealanders will get a one-off $350 sweetener as part of the Budget's...
NZ covid deaths top 1000 with 9570 new community cases reported
RNZ News
Aotearoa New Zealand has reported 9570 new community cases of covid-19 and a further 32 deaths today, bringing total publicly recorded deaths with...
Kanak delegate warns France against ‘recolonising’ New Caledonia with a lie
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ French Pacific reporter
The Kanak people will not accept France's attempt to "recolonise" New Caledonia, a pro-independence delegate has told the...
‘We’re not paid fairly for the work we do’, say striking...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
Striking New Zealand health workers have picketed around the country, saying they are fed up with being underpaid...
PM Jacinda Ardern tests positive for covid-19 – NZ cases rising
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed that she has tested positive for covid-19.
Her daughter Neve tested positive on Wednesday, she added in...
Vanuatu president warns against ‘dictatorship’ if Justice Ministry is abolished
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu's outgoing president, Obed Moses Tallis, has urged the government not to abolish the Ministry of Justice, warning against a "dictatorial system".
His opening...
Covid-19 update: 28 further deaths in NZ after cases top 1...
RNZ News
New Zealand reported 7970 new cases of covid-19 in the community and 28 further deaths today, a day after cases in the country...
Take action, don’t just offer words, MEAA tells Australia on media...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The next Australian government must recommit to press freedom by putting in place overdue reforms to support public interest journalism, says...
Nobel laureates Ramos-Horta, Ressa demand freedoms, fight for democracy
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila
Nobel laureates José Ramos-Horta and Maria Ressa have urged Southeast Asians to keep working toward a better region where democratic...
NZ border reopens to international and Pacific visitors tonight
RNZ News
For the first time in more than two years, New Zealand's border will reopen to international visitors at midnight tonight.
On 19 March 2020,...
‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’ – NZ doctor calls for tighter...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
Wearing glasses or getting a runny nose is enough to qualify for a mask exemption under current New...
Covid-19 in Pacific: Cook Islands reports first pandemic death
RNZ Pacific
Cook Islands has reported the country's first covid-19 pandemic death.
The 63-year-old woman died on the way to hospital on the island of Aitutaki,...
Rod Jackson: Why New Zealand’s response to the covid pandemic was...
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...
Indonesia’s defensive response to US human rights report bodes ill for...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The government has responded with a counter attack to a critical report on human rights practices in Indonesia that was released...
‘You feel a little bit less cautious’ – families adjusting to...
By Soumya Bhamidipati, RNZ News journalist
The orange light pandemic setting in Aotearoa New Zealand has brought a sense of relief for parents, as the...
Marshall Islands gets largest number of covid border cases in Kwajalein
By Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific correspondent
Covid-19 testing of Marshall Islanders in managed quarantine has seen the largest number test positive for covid-19 since managed...