WHO calls for moratorium on COVID-19 booster jabs
The head of the UN health organisation called on Wednesday for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until “at least the end of September”...
SIDS COP26 attendance in limbo
It is still not known if the Pacific Island delegations will be physically represented at the 26th Conference of Parties later this year in...
No Cabinet reshuffle: PNG PM Marape
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has ruled out any Cabinet reshuffle despite two ministers currently facing a leadership tribunal.
The ministers are Telefomin...
Open borders for seasonal workers welcomed, but Solomon Islands wants in too
-New rules allowing seasonal workers to enter New Zealand without going through managed isolation have been welcomed in Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu.
The relaxed restrictions...
NZ seasonal worker exemption ‘insult to injury’ for overstayers
A step in the right direction, but missing a crucial ingredient - that’s how advocates for migrants’ rights describe the New Zealand Government's apology...
NZ Health Ministry didn’t heavy clinicians over Fiji patient: Bloomfield
Ashley Bloomfield says the New Zealand Ministry of Health did not heavy Auckland clinicians into changing their minds and accepting a UN official with...
Safeguarding Melanesian fishing communities against climate threats
Those who live on the islands and atolls of the southwestern Pacific Ocean are exposed to rising seas and severe storms like almost no...
Tonga legislators set to enforce COVID-19 vaccination
Tonga is set to introduce compulsory inoculation against COVID-19.
A Bill to amend the Public Health Act to enforce inoculation of the Public against COVID-19,...
NZ PM Jacinda Ardern’s father was part of dawn raids as young police officer
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s father, Ross Ardern, carried out Dawn Raids as a young policeman in Auckland.
The involvement of Ardern’s father in...
Fiji records 1,220 new cases of COVID-19: 7 new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 1,220 new cases of COVID-19 and seven deaths Tuesday, increasing the total number of cases in the island nation to 32,663...
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Microplastics found in fish in Tuvalu
Tuvalu is a remote Polynesian nation made up of three reef islands and six atolls.
Home to fewer than 11,000 people, Tuvalu is 1,100 kilometres...
Cyclone Maila strengthens to Category 5, batters Solomon Islands and threatens PNG
Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila has intensified into a Category 5 system in the Solomon Sea, the first of its kind recorded in the area...
TC Vaianu slowly moving away from Fiji
Severe Tropical Cyclone Vaianu continues to move away from Fiji waters this morning, but its outer bands are still bringing heavy rain, strong winds,...