Vaccination first priority: Samoa Health Minister
Samoa's Minister of Health has assured the new Government’s priority is to fully vaccinate the country's eligible population, before plans are finalised to open...
More ANZMAT personnel arrive to help Fiji’s Ministry of Health
An additional 10 members of the third Australia and New Zealand Medical Assistance deployment – Charlie team arrived in Nadi today.
ANZMAT Charlie will be...
Samoa PM urges Public servants to prioritise professionalism
Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa is urging all public servants not to let their support for a political party cloud their professional duties...
NZ Government to open travel corridor with Tonga, Samoa, and Vanuatu – allowing seasonal...
Seasonal workers will be able to travel to New Zealand from Tonga, Samoa, and Vanuatu without undergoing a two-week stay in managed isolation, the...
Delta variant, a warning the COVID-19 virus is getting ‘fitter and faster’
Cases and deaths resulting from COVID-19 continue to climb worldwide, mostly fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has spread to 132 countries,...
NZ Ardern offers ‘unreserved’ apology to Pacific Islanders for dawn raids on Government’s behalf
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has offered a “formal and unreserved apology” Sunday to the Pacific communities left traumatised by the dawn raids...
Tongan princess in tears as she accepts formal dawn raids apology
The princess of Tonga shed tears as she formally accepted Jacinda Ardern's apology on behalf of the Government that oversaw the dawn raids of...
Australian vaccine donations to Pacific nations top 1 million
Australia’s donations of COVID-19 vaccines to the Pacific last week topped the 1 million-mark, aided in part by some Australians’ reluctance to be vaccinated...
Fiji records 632 new cases, two death deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 632 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths recorded Sunday.
Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary, Dr James Fong said...
‘Women have not been able hold these: Samoa’s first female PM gets down to...
The prime minister’s office in Apia, the capital of Samoa, which overlooks the harbour, has just been vacated by the man who held the...
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Global warming will breach 1.5°C – but deep, fast cuts can still bring it...
With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, countries “must pull out all the stops” and urgently cut emissions to minimize...
UN agencies appeal for help to protect weakest from unprecedented El Niño
Two UN agencies issued a powerful appeal on Wednesday for immediate assistance to help communities already being impacted by the strongest El Niño weather...
Australia supports establishment of Renewable Energy Commissioner for the Pacific
A Pacific-led initiative to establish a Renewable Energy Commissioner (REC) for the Pacific has received support from Australia.
The initiative is designed to strengthen energy...