Tag: Pandemic

RNZ Pacific France has detailed an unprecedented security set-up for New Caledonia's third and final independence referendum on December 12. The French authorities made the announcement...

By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has announced that there will not be a total lockdown of Port Moresby. He...

RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced vaccination will be mandated in any workplace that requires a certificate of vaccination for entry. Last...

RNZ News New Zealand has reported 79 new community cases of covid-19 today. Of the new cases, 75 are in Auckland and four are in Waikato....

RNZ Pacific The Vanuatu covid task force has confirmed that two arrivals from New Caleldonia have covid-19. But the organisation says Vanuatu remains free of any...

RNZ News New Zealand reported 109 community cases of covid-19 today. Of the new cases 103 are in Auckland, four are in Waikato and there are...

RNZ News Eighty community cases of covid-19 were reported in New Zealand today - 77 in Auckland, two in Waikato and one in Northland. There were...

RNZ Pacific With most of its eligible adult population covered, Fiji's covid-19 vaccine rollout for teenagers is gaining pace. The Health Ministry said 28,965 children aged...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s biggest referral hospital has reached a crisis point as the covid-19 pandemic positivity rate surged drastically...

Episode 1 one of the Let's Talanoa series - "Know Your Vax". Asia Pacific Report newsdesk New Zealand reported a record 129 new community cases of...

RNZ News The New Zealand government has announced details of its Covid-19 Protection Framework, involving the roll-out of a "traffic-light" system once all district health...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS party has called for "non-participation" in the independence referendum on December 12. The Kanak alliance wants the vote postponed until...

By Gill Bonnett, RNZ News immigration reporter Pacific leaders say offering "visas for vaccinations' would be the ultimate incentive for New Zealand overstayers to get...

RNZ Pacific A Pacific public health expert says a premature transition of covid-19 restrictions in New Zealand could be lethal for Māori and Pasifika communities. The...

RNZ News New Zealand today reported a drop by a third in the number of new community cases of covid-19 to 60 after a record...

RNZ News New Zealand's Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare today thanked all Māori providers, iwi, hapū, practitioners, vaccinators and district health board (DHB) staff for...

RNZ News Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says his biggest concern is that the spread of the delta variant of covid-19 in New Zealand is an...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific deputy news editor Experts are warning that development gains across the Pacific region over the past 10 years could be...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier in Goroka, Papua New Guinea The flowers outside the building are in full bloom -- green,...

RNZ News The number of covid-19 vaccinations given out during New Zealand's Super Saturday event yesterday has just ticked over the 130,000 mark. In a statement...

ANALYSIS: By Ian Kemish, The University of Queensland Things were looking very bad three months ago for both Papua New Guinea and Fiji. The two...

PNG Post-Courier Half of Papua New Guinea’s parliamentarians are still not vaccinated despite widespread calls from the government, the business community, churches and civil society...