Tag: Public health
Chris Hipkins replaces David Clark as NZ’s caretaker health minister
From RNZ News Checkpoint
David Clark is out and Chris Hipkins is in as New Zealand's new Health Minister until the election in September.
Hipkins told...
Fiji government tries to allay covid concerns as 160 troops return
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji's health minister is trying to allay concerns about the health of more than 160 soldiers who returned from the Middle East...
Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace
By Gordon Campbell, editor of Werewolf
For most of the past week, any consumer of this country’s management of covid-19 would think New Zealand was...
PNG claims ‘nothing sinister’, no broken protocols on Chinese flight
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Papua New Guinea government is adamant no immigration laws, airport and covid-19 protocols - including national security - were breached...
NZ’s coronavirus reality check a ‘timely wake-up call’, says Herald
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
New Zealand's coronavirus reality check last week is a "timely wake-up call" crucial to moving towards a transtasman travel bubble, says...
Fiji works on its own ‘Bula Bubble’ in spite of Australian,...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says while Australia and New Zealand work out their Trans-Tasman bubble, Fiji’s equal greater success against the...
Selwyn Manning: National ‘sat on’ vital covid-19 infection information before dropping...
ANALYSIS: By Selwyn Manning, editor of EveningReport.nz
It all boils down to this: The timeline of latest revelations suggests National Party MPs placed their "want...
NZ’s covid-19 border botch-up: ‘Next few days will be crucial’
COMMENT: By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor
Public confidence in New Zealand's border controls has been shattered.
The obvious anger of the prime minister when...
‘Raise our game’ on NZ border safety says expert after covid...
Professor Sir David Skegg says New Zealand is endangering all the covid-19 gains made if new cases are allowed in at the borders such...
2 new covid-19 cases in NZ, but elimination target still stands
By Shaun Hendy; Alex James of University of Canterbury; Audrey Lustig of Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research; Michael Plank of University of Canterbury; Nicholas...
Two new covid-19 cases in NZ visited dying parent, says Bloomfield
By RNZ News
Two new cases of covid-19 in New Zealand were women aged in their 30s and 40s who visited a dying parent in...
New Zealand relaxes covid restrictions after ‘remarkable’ virus fight
By RNZ News
"Covid-free" New Zealand has moved early today to its lowest restrictions - alert level 1.
The change happened at midnight after New Zealanders...
NZ hits 95% chance of eliminating covid – but new cases...
By Michael Plank of the University of Canterbury; Alex James of the University of Canterbury; Audrey Lustig of Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research; Nicholas...
Black Lives Matter dilemma: How to protest in a covid pandemic
ANALYSIS: By Philip Russo of Monash University
The death of African-American man George Floyd at the hands of police has sparked protests across the United...
Voice of Papua: How covid pandemic has been impacting on Papuan...
By Voice of Papua
While the delay in the Indonesian government response to the covid-19 corona virus is disappointing, Papua's provincial government needs to be...
‘Stay home, stay safe, be kind’: What NZ can teach the...
By Democracy Now!
New Zealand implemented one of the earliest lockdowns and has largely succeeded in eliminating the coronavirus under the leadership of Prime Minister...
Jokowi deploys army, police to enforce Indonesia’s coronavirus ‘new normal’
By Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has announced that the Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police will be deployed to guard...
No new NZ covid cases for six days – but one...
By RNZ News
New Zealand has reported no new cases of covid-19 coronavirus today, but the death toll has risen to 22 to include a...
PNG’s deputy emergency chief warns Papua covid cases pose ‘great threat’
Pacific Media Centre
The dramatic daily increase of covid-19 coronavirus cases in West Papua poses a "great threat" to Papua New Guinea, says the country's...
Former PM Helen Clark backs people’s vaccine as public good for...
By RNZ News
It is essential for the health of people worldwide that a yet-to-be-discovered vaccine for covid-19 coronavirus is widely available, says former New...
NZ coronavirus state of emergency lifted – replaced by transition period
By RNZ News
The state of emergency across New Zealand has been lifted on the eve of alert level 2 - putting the country in...
Ardern unveils staggered NZ move to alert level 2 – but...
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today a staggered move for New Zealand into alert level 2 starting on Thursday, with schools and...