Tag: Health

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe, who is detained in Indonesia on corruption charges, was supposed to go on trial yesterday...

By Rodney Duthie in Suva Kiwi-born and Fiji-raised France rugby centre Virimi Vakatawa has revealed that he has a heart condition that has forced him...

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...

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...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The panel of judges hearing the case against a West Papuan activist accused of treason have ordered the prosecution to prioritise...

ANALYSIS: By Rhonda Garad, Monash University; Joanne Enticott, Monash University, and Rebecca Patrick, Deakin University As we write this article, the delta strain of covid-19...

ANALYSIS: By Wen Shi Lee, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Hyon Xhi Tan, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has challenged Port Moresby’s almost bottom ranking in the 2021 edition of The Economist Intelligence...

ANALYSIS: By Ella Henry, Auckland University of Technology While I am always happy to celebrate any accolades my country and city might garner on the...

By Sally Lloyd as told to Scott Waide in Lae A few days ago, I asked Sally Lloyd about the picture she posted on Facebook...

By Benjamin Robinson-Drawbridge of RNZ Pacific The oldest refugee camp on Nauru is being demolished to hide abusive conditions from the Pacific Islands Forum, an...

By Barbara Dreaver Battlelines are being drawn as New Zealand and Pacific countries lobby for an important appointment at the World Health Organisation. The region's health...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An advocacy group, West Papua Action Auckland, has urged Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to raise human rights and the "suffering of...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Poor data collection in several Pacific Island countries is obstructing UNICEF’s first assessment to measure progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says 20 helicopters have now been deployed on Papua New Guinea's disaster relief operations. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Australian...

By Scott Waide, EMTV journalist and blogger Survivors in Papua New Guinea's earthquake in the Highlands face tough challenges. And so do the relief agencies...

By Sheany in Jakarta The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights plans to send a mission to Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua following reports...

Pacific Media Watch News desk Tahitians will today mark the 51st anniversary of the first French nuclear weapons test in the Pacific as advocates still...

Pacific Media Centre News Desk Popular Oro Governor Gary Juffa, one of the opposition leaders contesting Papua New Guinea's general election next month, has called...

By Troy Taule in Port Moresby More than 20 people in a village in Papua New Guinea's Central Province have died within the space of...

By Father Casibjorn Quia, Roy Abrahmn Narra and Jerome Villanueva in Manila The year 2016 was a landmark year for the Philippines with HIV (human...

Tributes to the late Roger Hau’ofa have flowed in from all over Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. FM100 aired aired a special talkback...