Health

The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ, in collaboration with the University of Auckland, aims to support the development of locally driven research through a new and ambitious research programme named the ‘State of Eye Health in the Pacific’. The programme aims...

Managing the water infrastructure and ensuring proper water supply to all citizens is a challenge, says Minister for Public Works, Transport and Meteorological Services Ro Filipe Tuisawau. He says he now understands the hurdle faced by the Water Authority of...

Good Samaritan Hospital in Tetere, North Guadalcanal celebrated its 15 years anniversary today at the hospital’s compound. The hospital was built by the AMIS (Amici Missione Isole Solomon) and presented as a gift from Italian Volunteers to Solomon Islands in...

Auckland has experienced a staggering amount of rainfall with widespread flooding creating hazards for people and properties. In places houses and buildings have been flooded and people have been evacuated. Many local roads and highways are unpassable or closed due...

Tuesday 17th January 2023 marked the official opening of the ground-breaking K’aute Pasifika Village in Hamilton, New Zealand. The project is the culmination of more than two decades of community focused work by the K’aute Pasifika Trust who offer health,...

Reopened in 2019, Gordons Market is a hub of economic and social activity in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. Home to over 1500 registered vendors, the two-storey complex was redeveloped in a joint venture between the New...

Tokelau has recorded its first cases of Covid-19 at the border of its northern-most atoll, Atafu. It is the last Pacific nation to have cases of the disease. In a statement, the Ulu o Tokelau – or head of government...

The University of the South Pacific, through its Pacific Ocean Litter Youth Project, partnered with the Pacific Conference of Churches to create a nativity scene using plastic waste washed up on our shores. POLYP co-founder Suzanne Turaganiwai and her team...

The number of active cases of covid 19 has increased over the weekend to 69, bringing the total number of cases detected in Niue since March this year to 263, one hundred and ninety-four recovered. A notice from the Health...

A two-day consultation focusing on the Western Interagency Response to Gender-Based Violence was formally launched today as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. The consultation is also an opportunity to advocate and unite to raise awareness...