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Cook Islands reopens borders to New Zealand - but only to returning residents
The Cook Islands Cabinet allows residents and work permit holders to fly back.
Samoa to bump up 14-day quarantine to 21 days
Samoa's PM wants to increase the quarantine period for returning residents to 21 days.
Samoa halts all international flights after NZ Covid outbreak
The amendment to the State of Emergency includes repatriation flights.
'Covid-19 doesn't discriminate, and neither should we', Pasifika community told
Call for Pacific communities to support each other through Covid-19 stresses.
Covid cluster family 'shell-shocked', being bullied online
Cluster family bullied online: 'The comments on social media have turned nasty'.
Cook Islands close border to all incoming flights due to New Zealand's Covid-19 outbreak
The decision comes after a flight from Auckland tomorrow has Covid-19 risk.
Pasifika communities warned to prepare for Covid outbreak
"We need all hands on deck - fanau, communities, providers, agencies and Government."
Three critical conditions for quarantine-free travel
Quarantine-free travel to the Cook Islands may open by the end of the year.
Three men rescued from Pacific island after writing SOS in sand
The men had been missing in the Micronesia archipelago for nearly three days.
Papua New Guinea police make massive cocaine haul
Police have seized $86 million worth of cocaine they believe was destined for Australia.
Stranded boaties in 'dire' situation appeal for New Zealand's help
Stranded boaties are seeking refuge in New Zealand as the dangerous cyclone season looms.
Yacht from NZ arrives in Fiji 'to escape the pandemic in paradise'
Fiji creating safe lanes for yachts to 'escape the Covid-19 pandemic in paradise'.
50% unemployment: Crisis in Fiji as tourism industry collapses
Around half the country's bread-winners are reportedly unemployed amid pandemic.
Two friends die, another survives fiery Dunedin crash
A lone survivor of a deadly crash told a witness: 'My friends are in there'.
Transtasman bubble could open to some Australian states before others: Ardern
The Prime Minister would not commit to a specific date.
US yachting family quits 'cold' NZ, sails into Pacific navy blockade
Adventure-seeking family wanted to escape NZ winter but sailed into a naval blockade.
Stranded workers 'losing hope' of returning home
The mental health and wellbeing of 117 Samoan workers is becoming a big concern.
Comment: Why is Covid-free Pacific locked out?
Comment: These islands will need trade or aid when open tourism could fix it today.
'Bula bubble' touted by Fiji PM to boost tourism from NZ
Fiji's government has announced a scheme it hopes will lead to Kiwis visiting the country.
Use of BMI to detect heart risk in Māori, Pasifika misleading - doctor
A study found that BMI has no relation to the special fatty tissue around the heart.
Kate Hawkesby: Open Pacific Island borders
Comment: Cook Islands and Niue have no cases, we have no cases, why are we still waiting?
Transtasman bubble: Former Kiwi PM pushes for Pacific Islands' inclusion
Calls for the Pacific Islands to be included in the transtasman bubble are getting louder.
Bully Hayes backdown: Restaurant agrees to dump slave trader name
'We've now had a chance to reflect and we think that the time is right for a change.'
Should the Pacific be included in New Zealand's travel bubble?
COMMENT: Can the Pacific Islands safely become a part of NZs travel bubble?
Think racism is America's problem? Pacific peoples in NZ raise their voice
Advocates say Pacific peoples here can relate to targeting and harassment.
Half of pre-schoolers still at home
Many parents are still at home and/or afraid to send their children back to centres.
Pulotu Selio Solomon: 'If I kept living like that, I'd be on dialysis before too long'
Pulotu Selio Solomon talks to Elisabeth Easther about his upbringing and life.
Stranded in paradise: Hundreds of sailors stuck in Pacific
Hundreds of sailors are stranded in New Zealand and other Pacific nations due to Covid-19.
A quarter of Northland kids still at home
Attendance shows south-to-north pattern: 90 per cent in deep south, 75 per cent in north.
Flight attendant says life 'destroyed' after inflight sex allegations
Flight attendant speaks out over unsubstantiated sex act claims he says ruined his life.
Raro-based Kiwi teacher critically ill with listeria
It's the first case of listeria in the Cook Islands for more than a decade, officials say.
Covid-19: The countries without cases - still
As the world deals with the pandemic, a few have managed to escape it so far.
Kiwi charged after meth-filled yacht seized off Aussie coast
The New Zealander charged after a massive drug bust in Australia has been named.