158 articles tagged "regional"
New Zealand has recorded 83 new COVID-19 cases in the community. The total number of confirmed cases associated with the Auckland outbreak is now 511 - 496 in Auckland and 15 in Wellington. A total of 34 cases
Vanuatu's opposition leader Ralph Regenvanu has urged Australia not to grow kava. This comes amid revelations that there are plans in Queensland to grow kava which up to now has been banned, as a crop and as an imp
Police in the Australian cities of Melbourne and Sydney have clashed with thousands of people protesting against COVID-19 lockdowns. In Melbourne, mounted officers used pepper spray when elements of a 4,000-strong
New Zealand will remain at alert level 4 lockdown until Tuesday night. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement after New Zealand recorded 11 new community cases of COVID-19 on Friday, with three being f
A 15-year-old has been charged with attempted murder after Australian rugby great Toutai Kefu was stabbed in the stomach in his Brisbane home while disturbing a burglary. The former Wallabies player was left in a c
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delivered the government's apology for the Dawn Raids this afternoon. She has made an apology for the raids which occurred under both Labour and National governments.
A Middlemore Hospital worker in Auckland is in quarantine following a "PPE protocol incident" relating to the management of a COVID-19 patient who was flown from Fiji to New Zealand. The New Zealand Herald reports
Demonstrations have taken place in Australian cities against tight restrictions imposed to tackle a rise in COVID-19 cases. Thousands gathered in Sydney, with smaller protests held in Melbourne and Brisbane. P
As thousands of Fijians celebrate Eid al-Adha or commonly known as Bakra Eid today, the Head of the Samabula Mosque, Abdul Alim says this festival of sacrifice will be different this year as there are thousands of Fijia
Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Zed Seselja says the Australian Government is not buying Digicel Pacific with Telstra but they are working with Telstra to explore the feasibility of
Australia's New South Wales State has recorded its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 infections this year, even as residents in several major cities across the country were released from snap lockdowns. Sydney, the Ne
A Fiji-born Christchurch man was driving a group of country music fans to the Gold Guitar Awards festival when their van was hit side-on by a truck on a rural Canterbury road and shunted into a power pole. stuff.co
Samoa's incoming leader has condemned the actions of the former government and demanded it hand overpower. Radio NZ reports Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, speaking formally as the country's elected prime minister, slammed t
Samoa's first female prime minister has been sworn into office in a tent after she was locked out of parliament by her opponent, who has refused to step down. Fiame Naomi Mata'afa took the oath of office in a marqu
Political turmoil in Samoa has increased, with the FAST party that holds a majority locked out of parliament in Apia. The party and supporters gathered in a tent on the lawn in front of parliament house but the doo
Samoa has been thrown into a constitutional crisis after the Head of State suspended Parliament's scheduled Monday sitting in a shock last-minute move moments ago. In a statement, Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi
Samoa's Supreme Court has thrown out the Head of State's decision to call a second election, clearing the path for the newcomer FAST party to form a government. Announcing the second election earlier this month, Tu
The first flight to Australia from New Zealand since quarantine-free travel opened between the countries has taken off from Wellington Airport this morning. The Air New Zealand flight departed for Sydney shortly af
All outbound travel out of Vanuatu's main island, Efate, has been stopped for three days following confirmation of a COVID-19 case. The positive case is a recently deceased Filipino fisherman whose body washed up o
Samoa's two main political parties are again head to head after an accounting glitch was discovered by the Electoral Commission. The error had independent Tautua Party candidate Tamaleta Taimang Jensen at the top o
