Tag: Delta variant

RNZ News Twenty three complaints regarding New Zealand doctors spreading anti-vaccination misinformation have been made to the Medical Council as the group says it has...

PNG Post-Courier Phyonna Silikara Gangloff is a champion Papua New Guinean squash player. Fit and healthy, the 37-year-old mother of two lived a normal life until...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ health correspondent The calls for New Zealanders to get vaccinated are becoming more urgent by the day as covid-19 embeds itself...

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views It appears we are a nation of selfish malcontents for whom enough is never enough. That is one of...

RNZ News New Zealanders need to pitch in for a final push to get as many people vaccinated as possible, says the Covid-19 Response Minister...

RNZ News About 2000 people have turned up to a New Zealand anti-lockdown protest in Auckland's domain arranged by Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki. Those attending...

RNZ Pacific Some New Zealand people becoming ill with covid-19 have never engaged with the health system before, says Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William...

COMMENTARY: By Ena Manuireva with Tony Fala In imperial and colonial contexts, dominant groups express their power in three ways: colonisation of the bodies of...

RNZ News Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield today gave a briefing on the vaccine rollout and current cases...

RNZ Pacific A group of doctors have hit the phones to support Pasifika families who have tested positive for covid-19 and been transferred into managed...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia recorded 16 covid-19 deaths yesterday -- the highest single day total since the delta strain of the virus arrived in the...

COMMENTARY: By Glen Johnson On August 17, a 58-year-old man from Auckland became symptomatic and tested positive for covid-19. It was New Zealand’s first community...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Papua New Guinean doctor evacuated from Daru in Western Province to Port Moresby last Tuesday has died – the latest...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Alert level 3 is being called a roll of the dice that could either eliminate delta or send...

RNZ News Auckland will move to alert level 3 from 11.59pm on Tuesday night, and stay in level 3 for at least two weeks, Prime...

RNZ News A testing centre is being set up at a marae in New Zealand's Waikato settlement of Kaiaua today after three community cases of...

RNZ News As Auckland waits to hear if it will move down an alert level this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has assured New Zealand...

RNZ News New Zealand's number of new community cases of covid-19 has jumped after several days of falling numbers, with 20 new cases reported in...

RNZ News Three more covid-19 deaths have been recorded in New Caledonia eight days after it was plunged sharply into the pandemic. Official government figures as...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk New Zealand's largest and most influential newspaper has warned the country against "lockdown fatigue" as the major city Auckland entered its...

By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist Fiji's opposition Social Democratic Liberal Party is calling on the government to boost its covid-19 vaccination programmes in the...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk French High Commissioner Patrice Faure in New Caledonia has declared an eight hour curfew for 15 days from tonight as health...