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The surveillance and protection of the Pacific's fish stocks will continue in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, says the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency.

MPs in Papua New Guinea's Sepik region say they'll fund bolstered surveillance of the international border with Indonesia.

Pacific countries are continuing to take active measures to counter the entry and spread of Covid-19 coronavirus, amid the global pandemic.

Opinion -The events of 15 March 2019 undeniably changed NZ. After a year, it is timely to reflect on what has come out of the senseless and tragic deaths of 51 Muslims, writes Pakeeza Rasheed.

The coronavirus outbreak has now reached the level of a pandemic, World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has declared. Audio

As the coronavirus spreads, New Zealand is now not only testing those with concerning travel history and Covid-19 symptoms, but also those hospitalised with serious respiratory illnesses. Video

Muslim women leaders have called on the security forces to extend their intelligence gathering of the alt right and white supremacists both here and overseas. Audio

The World Health Organisation has stressed that slowing down the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic will allow hospitals to prepare, as the tally of global cases surpasses 100,000.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is commissioning new research into the impacts of Mycoplasma bovis on cattle in New Zealand.

Coronavirus is now spreading much more rapidly outside China than within the country, leading the world into uncharted territory, but the outbreak can still be contained, the WHO said.

Papua New Guinea's government has advised people to stay away from mass gatherings as a precaution against coronavirus.

New details of the Whakaari/White Island recovery mission shed light on the planning and bravery of the special forces team who searched the island just days after its eruption.

Australian health experts say there is already good evidence about who is most at risk from Covid-19 coronavirus.

The introduction of New Zealand's world-first needle exchange programme 30 years ago has helped this country avoid the high rates of HIV found overseas, a study has concluded.

Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange revealed the names of sources who subsequently "disappeared" after he put them at risk, a court has heard.

Just before Christmas, Winston Peters was telling reporters our news media were essential for a healthy democracy. Now he’s attacking them on social media for ‘fake news’ and bias against his party.

Just as the threat of Covid 19 looms over the Pacific, the region's Public Health Surveillance Network has received a timely €3 million boost from the EU.

The suspected gunman killed nine people "of migrant background" in shisha bars yesterday.