Tag: Vaccine rollout

ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney Indonesia’s popular tourism islands of Bali opened for tourism last week, while Thailand announced that from November 1 vaccinated...

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...

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 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...

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...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk More than 120 extra vaccination sites will be open for New Zealand's 'Super Saturday' event tomorrow, with the Ministry of Health...

ANALYSIS: By John Donne Potter, Massey University; Graham Le Gros, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Rod Jackson, University of Auckland As...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Those most at-risk of serious illness or death from covid-19 are frequently targeted with misinformation, reports Stuff. Produced by Stuff in partnership...

ANALYSIS: By Michael Plank, University of Canterbury The announcement this week that New Zealand will introduce a vaccination certificate by November is welcome news. Whether...

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views It appears we are a nation of selfish malcontents for whom enough is never enough. That is one of...

RNZ News Parts of Waikato -- including Raglan, Huntly, Ngāruāwahia and Hamilton City -- will join Auckland in alert level 3 from midnight tonight, the...

COMMENTARY: By Ena Manuireva with Tony Fala In imperial and colonial contexts, dominant groups express their power in three ways: colonisation of the bodies of...

COMMENTARY: By Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama in Suva Fiji Islands Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is the current Chair of the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum. Addressing the...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has appealed to the 1.7 million people in the city to "roll up your sleeves" and get...

COMMENTARY: By Glen Johnson On August 17, a 58-year-old man from Auckland became symptomatic and tested positive for covid-19. It was New Zealand’s first community...

ANALYSIS: By Collin Tukuitonga, University of Auckland Auckland’s move to alert level 3 has also triggered speculation about whether the national covid-19 elimination strategy has...

By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji will lift the covid-19 pandemic containment borders everywhere on the main island of Viti Levu from 4am tomorrow, Friday,...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A mural on the eastern side of the Wirobrajan intersection in Central Java city of Yogyakarta was covered over with black...

RNZ News Covid-19 numbers dropped slightly today to 20 new community cases, while Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a deal with Denmark to bring 500,000...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING: By Justin Latif, Local Democracy Reporter One of the positive cases from New Zealand's Assemblies of God Church of Samoa cluster has...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Māori political leader has branded opposition neoliberal ACT leader David Seymour's act this week undermining an indigenous response to New...