Tag: covid-19

By RNZ News Thousands of people were protesting across Australia today to oppose the deaths of Indigenous people in police custody. It comes as Black Lives...

Pacific Media Watch A Vanuatu Daily Post journalist was forced to delete all photos of a repatriation aircraft’s arrival in Port Vila from New Zealand,...

By RNZ News The organisers of Black Lives Matter protests in several main centres will not be prosecuted. On Monday, thousands gathered at several events around...

ANALYSIS: By Philip Russo of Monash University The death of African-American man George Floyd at the hands of police has sparked protests across the United...

Pacific Media Centre The Vanuatu Council of Ministers has agreed at its meeting held in Luganville, Santo, to postpone the hosting of the Pacific...

By Voice of Papua While the delay in the Indonesian government response to the covid-19 corona virus is disappointing, Papua's provincial government needs to be...

By Amanda Siddharta in Jakarta Six activists charged with treason in Jakarta for organising a protest rally for independence last August outside the presidential palace...

By Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has announced that the Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police will be deployed to guard...

Pacific Media Centre The dramatic daily increase of covid-19 coronavirus cases in West Papua poses a "great threat" to Papua New Guinea, says the country's...

By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of TVNZ One News Pacific governments are being warned to put urgent covid-19 safety measures into place at ports as...

Pacific Media Watch The arrest of former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill on his arrival home in Port Moresby was featured today on...

By Lokman Tsui in Hongkong This story is an edited version of a post published by the author on Facebook on Friday, May 22, reflecting...

Pacific Media Centre Papua New Guinea's former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill was granted bail last night at the Waigani National Court after being arrested by...

By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's former Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has been arrested after arriving back in the country. Police say O'Neill was arrested on...

By Koroi Tadulala in Suva Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has shared warm greetings as the month of Ramadan ends and has wished the Muslim members...

Sing the pandemic away. Video: The Jakarta Post Pacific Media Watch In a bid to advise people to follow health instructions to contain the spread of...

By RNZ News New Zealand's opposition National Party leader Simon Bridges was today dumped by a relative unknown, agriculture and biosecurity spokesperson Todd Muller. Commentators believe...

COMMENT: By Keith Locke The covid-19 coronavirus crisis is shaking up our thinking in a number of areas in New Zealand, not least on foreign...

By RNZ Pacific The governor of Papua New Guinea's West Sepik province says people are still defying the official border closure and crossing into Indonesia. Vanimo,...

By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ Manu Korihi reporter New Zealand's border restrictions have cut off more than 90 percent of visitors to Rotorua's oldest tourism...

By RNZ News Many people have revelled in a return to a simpler life in recent weeks. While lockdown restrictions are eased in many...

By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer You might not know his face, but Māori Television’s Heta Gardiner has been one of the most valuable and...