Tag: Pandemic

ANALYSIS: By Grant Duncan, Massey University Following the surprise resignation of Jacinda Ardern on January 19, Aotearoa New Zealand already has a new Prime Minister...

By Conan Young , Local Democracy Reporting editor This year was another huge one for Local Democracy Reporting, with our reporters at the forefront of...

RNZ News A Pasifika health leader hopes the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 pandemic will look into the equity of the response and resource allocation. Prime...

By Sri Krishnamurthi While some women at the University of the South Pacific's 14 campuses found working from home enjoyable during the covid-19 pandemic, others...

RNZ News The New Zealand government has announced a Royal Commission into its covid-19 response. The Commission will be chaired by Australia-based epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely,...

RNZ Pacific None of the parties making up New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) will attend this week's talks in France...

Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media...

By Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific Concerns are being raised about the future survival of the iTaukei (Fijian) language as a threat of extinction looms...

RNZ Pacific The Consul-General of New Zealand for the French Pacific territories, Felicity Roxburgh, says New Zealand's presence in New Caledonia is historical. She said she...

RNZ News All mask wearing requirements in Aotearoa New Zealand -- except in healthcare and aged care -- will be scrapped, and household contacts will...

ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh of the University of the South Pacific In Fiji’s politically charged context, national elections are historically a risky period. Since the...

RNZ News The P&O Pacific Explorer has docked in at Queens Wharf in Auckland from Sydney, the first cruise ship to arrive in Aotearoa New...

Cook Islands Press By Jason Brown Tens of thousands of Cook Islanders celebrated 57th Constitution Day events these last weeks. Not just in the homeland, but overseas...

ANALYSIS: By Paula Lorgelly, University of Auckland Late last month, New Zealand Health Minister Andrew Little stated what most who work in health already know. Healthcare...

RNZ News After leading the Aotearoa New Zealand's covid-19 response for the last two years, Dr Ashley Bloomfield is stepping down from the role of...

RNZ Pacific Samoa's Ombudsman Luamanuvao Katalaina Sapolu says the human rights effects from the covid-19 pandemic have been catastrophic. She has just submitted Samoa's eighth State...

RNZ Pacific The global community needs to "be inspired" to defend the world's oceans ahead of the second United Nations Oceans Conference in Lisbon at...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Mara Cepeda in Manila Philippine Vice-President Leni Robredo will not allow the massive, volunteer-led movement she inspired in the 2022 presidential elections to just...