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NZ sends medical team to PNG as covid-19 overwhelms health system

November 13, 2021

RNZ Pacific A New Zealand medical and logistics support team with essential supplies to assist Papua New Guinea with its covid-19 crisis has departed New Zealand. Associate Foreign Minister Aupito William Sio said the PNG government had formally requested humanitarian and medical support from partner governments to respond to the health crisis, with rising case ... <a title="NZ sends medical team to PNG as covid-19 overwhelms health system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/13/nz-sends-medical-team-to-png-as-covid-19-overwhelms-health-system/" aria-label="Read more about NZ sends medical team to PNG as covid-19 overwhelms health system">Read more</a>

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NZ sends 100,000 vaccine doses to Fiji as covid deaths top 250

August 3, 2021

RNZ Pacific New Zealand is sending 100,000 vaccine doses and additional financial support to Fiji for nursing staff as the country’s covid-19 death toll passed 250. Fiji reported 1100 new cases and 13 more deaths today, bringing the total death toll to 254. Of the deaths, 252 of them have come from the April outbreak ... <a title="NZ sends 100,000 vaccine doses to Fiji as covid deaths top 250" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/nz-sends-100000-vaccine-doses-to-fiji-as-covid-deaths-top-250/" aria-label="Read more about NZ sends 100,000 vaccine doses to Fiji as covid deaths top 250">Read more</a>

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NZ’s $10m grant for Pasifika TV channel – MFAT clears the air

June 10, 2020

By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch After Australia’s misguided attempts at handing over $17.1 of Australian-made television content to the Pacific region last month with programmes such as Neighbours and Border Control, questions have been asked about a $10 million New Zealand grant made in 2018. At the 2018 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) meeting ... <a title="NZ’s $10m grant for Pasifika TV channel – MFAT clears the air" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/nzs-10m-grant-for-pasifika-tv-channel-mfat-clears-the-air/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s $10m grant for Pasifika TV channel – MFAT clears the air">Read more</a>

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$154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji

June 12, 2019

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Fiji expects a total value of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2019-2020 to be  F$154.4 million, reports FBC News. According to FBC’s northern editor Elenoa Turagaiviu, this will consist of $13.8 million to be disbursed as cash grants and $140.6 million of aid-in-kind contributions. According to the 2019-2020 Budget Supplement, the ... <a title="$154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/154m-earmarked-for-development-assistance-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about $154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji">Read more</a>