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‘HIV shouldn’t be death sentence in Fiji’ – call for testing amid outbreak

June 6, 2025

By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Fiji’s Minister for Health and Medical Services has revealed the latest HIV numbers in the country to a development partner roundtable discussing the national response. The minister reported 490 new HIV cases between October and December last year, bringing the 2024 total to 1583. “Included in this number ... <a title="‘HIV shouldn’t be death sentence in Fiji’ – call for testing amid outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/hiv-shouldnt-be-death-sentence-in-fiji-call-for-testing-amid-outbreak/" aria-label="Read more about ‘HIV shouldn’t be death sentence in Fiji’ – call for testing amid outbreak">Read more</a>

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Revelations on the murky fate of flag ‘treason’ prisoners in West Papua

December 1, 2022

Today marks 1 December 1961 when the West Papuan national flag, the Morning Star was first raised and the date has been honoured across the world ever since. The flag was raised by West Papuan legislators who had been promised independence by then-colonial ruler, the Netherlands, but this hope was dashed by Indonesian annexation in ... <a title="Revelations on the murky fate of flag ‘treason’ prisoners in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/revelations-on-the-murky-fate-of-flag-treason-prisoners-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Revelations on the murky fate of flag ‘treason’ prisoners in West Papua">Read more</a>