Tag: Public health and safety

RNZ News Police have pulled back on their plans to begin towing vehicles illegally parked around the anti-vaccine, anti-mandate protest on Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament...

RNZ Pacific A group of church ministers in Fiji have resigned because they do not want to be vaccinated against covid-19. There has been growing pressure...

ANALYSIS: By Ross Hendy, Monash University The continued occupation of the Aotearoa New Zealand Parliament’s grounds by anti-vaccine mandate protesters (and others) provides a unique...

RNZ News The one million New Zealanders who are so far delaying getting their booster shots are the biggest concern of top covid-19 adviser Sir...

RNZ News Hundreds of anti-mandate protesters remained on the New Zealand Parliament lawn today as health officials reported a big increase in covid-19 cases nationally. But...

RNZ News Police say a protester who needed medical attention within New Zealand's Parliament grounds last night had to wait for ambulance staff to get...

RNZ News New Zealand police are braced as more protesters began arriving as the demonstration at Parliament in the capital Wellington entered the fourth day. Tensions...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk New Zealand's leading daily newspaper today published an editorial exposing the "unfairness" of global media criticism of Australasian responses to covid-19,...

RNZ News One hundred and twenty protesters have been arrested for refusing to leave the grounds of New Zealand's Parliament after being trespassed today Police say...

COMMENTARY: By Dr Mark Craig in defence of New Zealand's dedicated managed isolation and quarantine team and facilities as the country braces for omicron. As...

RNZ News Police handcuffed three people after protesters today tried to push through a barrier on the grounds of New Zealand's Parliament -- known as...

RNZ News More than 50 police have formed a ring around the front of New Zealand's Parliament today edging up to a line of protesters...

RNZ Pacific Several hundred more cases of covid in Solomon Islands ... Kiribati records first covid death ...nearly 12,000 in isolation in New Caledonia ......

RNZ News After a record number of covid-19 cases were reported on Saturday, New Zealand's prime minister believes the country's omicron peak may be in...

By Kim Moodie, RNZ News reporter A public health expert is urging New Zealanders to keep up the testing momentum, as testing rates take a...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's covid-19 outbreak continues to spread with almost 10,000 active cases. This includes 1289 new infections detected over the preceding 24 hours. Twenty five...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara A team of four experts from China have arrived in Honiara for on-site feasibility studies on two projects amid the...

RNZ News New Zealand has recorded its highest number of community cases in one day, with 243 new cases reported today. The previous highest number of...

By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby Air travellers were left stranded and fuming country-wide as airlines Air Niugini and PNG Air hit a rough patch...

ANALYSIS: By Peter Davis With the arrival of the omicron variant on our shores, it is hard to believe, judging by the media coverage --...

By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporting Māori health providers in Aotearoa New Zealand are holding back on covid-19 vaccinations for children in the face of...

RNZ News New Zealanders in Australia will be able to return home by the end of the month under a five-stage reopening plan announced by...