New Zealand's Pacific package in its annual Budget focuses on strengthening the Pasifika workforce and includes funding for media entities to deliver Pacific language programming.
But in New Zealand, the pandemic has failed to dampen the islanders spirits.
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Fiji recorded its fourth covid death yesterday as the Suva and Nausori corridor, home to three towns and one-third of the population, goes into a lockdown from 11pm tonight to 4am Wednesday morning.
Fijian President Jioje Konrote, who hails from Rotuma, said the world was hit with this deadly virus and Fiji was no exception.
In his Rotuma Day message, Konrote said while he was relieved the coronavirus had not reached his island home, the effects on Fiji s main island Viti Levu were devastating.