Tag: Pandemic
Weathering the covid-19 storm in Vanuatu – hopeful tourism future
By Mavuku Tokona in Port Vila
Since the global pandemic began, the domino effect it has had on Vanuatu's tourism market remains unprecedented - the...
NZ postal staff stand down after co-workers’ positive tests – 6...
By RNZ News
NZ Post has stood down staff who worked the day shift at an Auckland parcel processing centre after two positive tests linked...
PNG bans covid ‘vaccination’ – orders probe into Chinese worker claim
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinea government will not allow the use in the country of any vaccine to treat the...
‘Don’t vilify covid cases’ warns PM as NZ reports nine more...
By RNZ News
New Zealand has today reported nine new cases of covid-19 in the community and two in the country's managed isolation and quarantine...
PNG reports fourth covid-19 death as total infections reach 361
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea has reported its fourth covid-19 death with infection cases now reaching 361, reports NBC News.
National Coordination Centre (NCC)...
‘We need a Pasifika voice’ plea for response to NZ’s Auckland...
By RNZ Pacific
The chair of the Pasifika GP Network is calling on the government to ensure there is a Pacific voice on the new...
Trump again claims New Zealand has ‘big outbreak’ of covid-19
Politicians react to US President Donald Trump's earlier mocking of New Zealand. Video: RNZ News
By RNZ News
US President Donald Trump has again called New...
Samoa health director calls on public to stop rumour-fed covid panic
By RNZ Pacific
Samoa's Director-General of Health says the country remains free of the covid-19 coronavirus so the public should not believe rumours to the...
Bryan Bruce: Unemployment isn’t working – we need universal job creation
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce
I live in Auckland. Last night while driving home around 8pm I passed a small roadside car park with about 10...
High Court rules some of NZ’s covid-19 level 4 lockdown was...
By Jonathan Mitchell, RNZ News journalist
New Zealand's Attorney-General David Parker says there has been no decision yet on a possible appeal to the High...
Indigenous peoples in Indonesia still struggle for equality after 75 years
By Fidelis Eka Satriastanti, The Conversation
Indigenous people fought alongside youth movements in the creation of an Indonesian nation. But, in the historical writing of...
Teuila Fuatai: Vitriol harms Pasifika as much as the covid pandemic
COMMENT: By Teuila Fuatai
South Auckland and its communities, specifically Pasifika, are at the centre of New Zealand's current covid-19 cluster.
As a result, media coverage,...
Student safety still a concern as PNG covid infection cases hit...
By Aileen Kwaragu in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinean parents have been assured that everything is being done to ensure the health and safety of...
Fiji government urged to reconsider NZ$5.3 million office for PM
By RNZ Pacific
Plans for spending NZ$5.3 on construction of the Fiji Prime Minister's new office should be diverted to people affected by the covid-19...
NZ covid-19: 13 new community coronavirus cases reported
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...
PNG schools follow no-mask-no-entry rule amid growing covid cases
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...
South Auckland locals hit back against online hate around NZ covid...
By Jean Bell, RNZ News journalist
Some South Auckland locals are hitting back at online hate directed at the area and its Pasifika community,...
PM Ardern changes NZ election to October 17 over covid outbreak
By RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has moved the election date by four weeks to October 17 and says she will not...
NZ covid-19: Social media in the spotlight over disinformation
By Charlotte Cook, RNZ News journalist
As covid-19 spreads around the world, it can be daunting keeping up with the information. For RNZ, the news...
Thirteen new confirmed cases of covid-19 in NZ – three in...
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...
NZ covid-19: Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown
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...
How covid-19 has undermined climate change initiatives in the Pacific
By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre
“Climate change may be slower but its momentum is enormous.” – Stuart Chape, Acting Director-General, South...