Tag: Public health and safety

By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporter A covid-19 Māori health analyst is calling on the New Zealand government to prioritise Māori and Pasifika children in...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara The Solomon islands government endorsed a 60 hour lockdown in the capital Honiara last night after an urgent special national...

By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter A microbiologist has warned more contacts of the omicron-infected MIQ worker in Auckland may test positive, after a household...

RNZ News Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki was arrested today and has been remanded in custody. He appeared by videolink in Auckland District Court this afternoon. His...

By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter New Zealanders living overseas say covid-19 is now part of everyday life as cases of the highly-infectious omicron variant...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has appealed to his fellow Solomon Islanders at the western border not to...

Governor Lou Leon Guerrero presents her covid update message ... “Our focus remains on preventing severe illness, preventing increased hospitalisation and saving lives.” Video:...

RNZ Pacific An estimated 1000 people in New Caledonia joined a protest march against the French government's policies to fight the pandemic. The unauthorised march in...

By Jean Bell, RNZ News journalist New Zealand covid-19 experts are nervously observing an ever-increasing number of cases at the border, as the threat of...

By Niva Chittock, RNZ News Reporter New Zealand police are investigating an anti-vaccine protest attended by Destiny Church leader pastor Brian Tamaki. A Destiny Church spokesperson...

By Rohit Deo in Suva Fiji's Ministry of Health and Medical Services has reported 1280 new covid-19 community cases since the last update on January...

By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist The Australian government is assisting its citizens stranded in Fiji who also claimed they were mistreated by locals --...

RNZ News Rising covid-19 cases at the border are increasing the risk of the omicron variant spreading in Aotearoa but a leading epidemiologist says the...

By Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The US Army ignored agreed-to covid prevention rules for entry into the Marshall Islands this week and...

By Hamish MacLean in Dunedin University of Otago covid-19 experts are not immune to the increasingly vitriolic attacks dished out to scientists commenting on New...

By Josefa Babitu in Suva Fiji is bracing for a third wave of the covid-19 virus after tests have confirmed the presence of the omicron...

By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji parents are advised not to send their children to school today if they are not feeling well as the...

ANALYSIS: By Gordon Campbell in Wellington Success can be its own worst enemy. If the plane doesn’t crash or the ship doesn’t sink, that doesn’t...

RNZ Pacific Pacific Island New Zealanders are now 90 percent fully vaccinated against covid-19, and a public health expert is urging them to keep up...

RNZ News As some North Island regions moved to the orange traffic light setting at 11.59pm last night, New Zealand has now found two omicron...

RNZ News New Zealand's Ministry of Health has confirmed that a border-related case with the omicron variant was briefly active in the community in the...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk New Zealand's leading daily newspaper has praised the "gift of inspiration" over global cooperation in launching the James Webb space telescope...