Tag: Pacific health

By RNZ News New Zealand reported 13 new confirmed cases of covid-19 in the community today and no new cases in managed isolation facilities. Director-General of...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Schools in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District resumed yesterday, with strict covid-19 protocols in place, and with several turning away...

By Jean Bell, RNZ News journalist Some South Auckland locals are hitting back at online hate directed at the area and its Pasifika community,...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Auckland, 4pm Saturday, August 15: 50,000 vehicles stopped, less than 700 turned back. These statistics yesterday were "frightening", says Hone Harawira of...

By RNZ News New Zealand has 12 new community cases of covid-19 - all in Auckland and all connected to existing cases, the Director-General of...

By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer The announcement that Auckland was going into lockdown for a second time was met with a deluge of conspiracy...

By Jonathan Milne, editor of the Cook Islands News Former Cook Islands prime minister Dr Joe Williams, 82, a distinguished medical practitioner in Auckland, has...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinea government has clarified that 175 workers from China who have arrived in Port Moresby from...

By RNZ News Auckland will remain in alert level three for a full two weeks, with the New Zealand government announcing that the country will...

By RNZ News New Zealand has announced there are 12 new cases and one probable case of covid-19 in Auckland and Waikato today. Director-General of Health...

By Katrina Tanirau in Avarua Some Cook Islanders are expressing anger at the failure to implement stronger border control public health measures in response to...

By Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS Pacific correspondent Pasifika family or just an Auckland family? There has been much debate over whether it was wrong to identify...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk French authorities say 50 gendarmes who had been deployed in French Polynesia have tested positive to covid-19 after their return to...

By RNZ News New Zealand Health Minister Chris Hipkins says there are more covid-19 cases related to the Auckland cluster which will be revealed at...

By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch Pacific health specialist Dr Collin Tukuitonga is worried that the latest community transmission of covid-19 in Aotearoa New...

By Patricia Kamo in Port Moresby A bus driver in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby says it is hard to force passengers to wear...

By RNZ News Senior Labour MP Grant Robertson has rejected opposition National's suggestion that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern step back from announcements on covid-19 alert...

By RNZ News QR app codes are now mandatory for New Zealand businesses and services, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley...

By The Bougainvillean Bougainville is heading to the polls today amid its first case of the covid-19 in the fourth general election of Papua New Guinea’s...

By RNZ News Four positive cases of covid-19 outside of managed isolation or quarantine have been reported and New Zealand has activated a resurgence plan. After...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk As Guam's health statistics continue to mount, covid-19 has hit the first family, reports the Pacific Island Times. Following Governor Lou Leon...

By EMTV News Lihir is the second mine in Papua New Guinea to report a confirmed covid-19 case as the national total of infections reached...