158 articles tagged "regional"
Miss Papua New Guinea has been stripped of her crown after sharing a video of herself twerking on TikTok. 25-year-old Lucy Maino was crowned Miss Papua New Guinea in 2019. She is also a footballer who represe
There are fears that Papua New Guinea's COVID-19 crisis is being used as an excuse to carry out sorcery accusation violence as the number of coronavirus cases climb. The total number of cases has now passed 7400, w
The Solomon Islands government is this week planning to rollout Covid-19 vaccinations for communities along its western border with Papua New Guinea. RNZ reports the neighbouring Solomon Islands by comparison has n
The number of recorded COVID-19 cases in Papua New Guinea has passed 7,000, more than doubling in the past two weeks. The death toll stands at 61, with 49 recorded in Port Moresby. The Office of the Controller
More than 8,000 voters is Samoa are eligible to cast their votes from today ahead of Friday's general election. Polling booths opened this morning for a four-day pre-polling period. 189 candidates, including 21 wome
Over 100 tourists have descended on Palau to kick off the first travel bubble with Taiwan, with President Surangel Whipps Junior, accompanying them on the flight. Radio NZ reports Whipps returned to Palau on the f
New Zealand's adult minimum wage has risen to $20 an hour, a move which the Government says will see the incomes of 175,500 Kiwis lifted. This is an increase of $1.10 from $18.90. The training and starting-out mini
Palau has received 200 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and has immediately started the rollout. This means Palau has become the first Freely Associated State to receive the Johnson & Johnson COVID vacc
New Zealand expects to open a two-way travel bubble with the Cook Islands in May and is planning a vaccination campaign there. The leaders of both nations met in Auckland yesterday with New Zealand confirming $20 m
A man who allegedly assaulted his ex-wife’s partner to death at a block of flats in Christchurch has been named. Niraj Nilesh Prasad appeared in the High Court in Christchurch charged with murdering former Fiji r
Although Australia has delivered 8,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Papua New Guinea this week, the hard work has only just begun. The vaccines are enough to immunise the country's frontline health workers, who are bearing
The number of daily COVID-19 infections in Papua New Guinea has reached a record high, with 295 cases recorded in a 24-hour period. Abc.net.au reports the number of COVID-19 cases across PNG has tripled over the pa
Australia will provide 8,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Papua New Guinea as the island nation struggles with an outbreak of COVID-19. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the doses would be sent imm
The President of Fiji Girmit Foundation of NZ, Krish Naidu says Fijian-Indians are facing an identity crisis and missing out on key support and opportunities in areas like education and health because they are being cla
A study has said that France concealed the true impact of its nuclear tests in the Pacific from the 1960s to the 1990s. The study was carried out in collaboration between French news website Disclose, researchers f
A Canterbury asparagus grower Christopher Gray has been fined $26,000 for exploiting 13 workers, of which 10 were seasonal migrant workers from Fiji. The Employment Relations Authority in NZ previously ordered Gray
SODELPA Leader Viliame Gavoka says Fiji has lost a true friend with the passing away of Papua New Guinea’s former Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare. Gavoka says Sir Michael’s death is not only a loss to PNG but
Papua New Guineans are mourning the loss of the man who was the central figure in the country's passage to independence. Radio NZ reports Sir Michael Somare died early this morning in Port Moresby after being diagn
USP Chancellor and Nauru President Lionel Aingimea says the sub-committee looking into the issues surrounding the contract of USP Vice Chancellor Pro Pal Ahluwalia will make its recommendations shortly. Aingimea sa
A former Fiji resident was allegedly murdered in Christchurch, New Zealand last night. Officers found Faiz Ali, aged in his early 30s, dead at a property. Witnesses reported seeing a bloodied man carrying a ha
