Today the Ministry of Health has confirmed that out of the 514 Covid-19 cases to date, approximately 4% of those cases are Māori and 2.3% are Pacific people.
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NewsSamoa residents call for closure of entry into the country due to COVID-19
Residents in Samoa are calling for their Government to stop entry into the country after the first suspected case of the coronavirus was announced there this week, and the first case in Fiji confirmed.
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Fiji confirms first case of Coronavirus
Fiji's Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete tweeted there is a single confirmed case of COVID19 in Lautoka that was imported from a patient who had recently travelled abroad.
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First suspected case of Coronavirus in Samoa
The Ministry of Health in Samoa says the patient resides in Auckland and flew in from New Zealand last week for a family occasion.
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Pacific Leadership Forum: Pasifika at highest risk of Coronavirus
The Pacific Leadership Forum have identified their ethnicity as the having the highest risk of contracting Coronavirus. To combat that risk, the Aotearoa based leadership group has offered their services to help the government prepare their communities for the long fight ahead. In a statement the forum wrote, “This is a great risk not only to the Pacific communities, but also to the wider New Zealand population.”
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Pacific Business Hub supports cancelled Pasifika stallholders
Another ‘Pop Up Pasifika’ event will be held to support the stallholders who lost out due to the Pasifika Festival cancellation. The Pasifika Festival, held in Western Springs, has been going for 27 years and would normally attract about 60,000 over two days. This is an ideal opportunity for Pasifika businesses and community groups to do business and raise funds.
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Niuean community celebrate hosting Northland's Pasifika Fusion Festival
The cultures of the Pacific came together today in Whangarei to celebrate the Pasifika Fusion Festival. Now in its sixth year, the small community of Niueans living in Northland were this year's hosts.
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Hawai’i prepares for world's largest pacific cultural festival
Full preparations are underway in Hawai’i as they prepare for FESTPAC 2020, the world's largest pacific cultural festival. With 28 different pacific islands invited to the event, including over 100 from Aotearoa, Hawai'i commissioner Mehanaokalā Hind says it is an opportunity to unite, share and grow individually and collectively as pacific island nations.
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Nesian Mystik reunion a major highlight for One Love
One of New Zealand's favourite homegrown Hip Hop crews Nesian Mystik is set to perform together for the first time in almost 10 years this Saturday.
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Cyclone Tino expected to cause extensive damage to Tonga
People in Tonga are being urged to prepare for the arrival of Cyclone Tino today, which is expected to cause torrential rain, flooding and damaging winds.
