Jenny Salesa

The Australian Navy plans to go ahead with delivering relief to Tonga after reports that 23 people on board its ship HMAS Adelaide have tested positive for Covid-19.

It says it is confident it can… Audio

More shipping containers are urgently needed thanks to an overwhelming response from the Tongan community to a donation drive at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium.

MP for Panmure-Otahuhu and co-chair of… Audio

Crucial aid has started arriving in Tonga.

Yesterday a New Zealand Defence Force aircraft carrying food, water, communications equipment and other emergency supplies landed in the capital.

Limited… Audio

The extent of the damage and need in Tonga following the weekend's eruption and tsunami remains unclear, as the Defence Force prepares to send aid to the islands.

With most communication links to the… Audio

New Zealanders with whanau and friends in Tonga are anxiously waiting for communication to be restored after the violent eruption.

The lack of news has left many in a state of limbo.

Kim Moodie… Audio

The tense wait for information from Tonga's islands continues, following the volcanic eruption and tsunami at the weekend.

The Labour MP for Panmure-Otahuhu, Jenny Salesa, joined a zoom call with… Audio

Dozens of people were again forced to sleep away from their homes in tornado-hit Papatoetoe overnight following the twister that struck South Auckland on Saturday.

Emergency repairs will continue… Audio

Respiratory diseases like asthma, bronchiectasis and childhood pneumonia are New Zealand's third most common cause of death after cancer and heart disease. But Pacific people are the hardest hit, with… Audio

The Pasifika Covid-19 response gets a massive boost from the New Zealand government. Audio

The government is providing 19.5 million dollars towards increasing the resourcing and capacity of those working towards combating the virus within Pacific communities. Five key priority areas are… Audio

Pacific authorities moves to reassure Pacific communities that they have done it before successfully and can do it again, following the lockdown announcement. Audio

This week’s Question Times in Parliament had a recurring theme, familiar target but more variations than you might expect.     Audio

The Government has announced a 17-million-dollar package to help protect New Zealand's Pacific communities against Covid-19.

The money will be put towards supporting Pacific health and disability… Audio

Ethnic Communities Minister Jenny Salesa has dined out for lunch on Auckland's Dominion Road today in a bid to drive up falling trade in the Asian restaurant sector.

Some restaurants are reporting as… Video, Audio

New legislation is planned to further regulate vaping and e-cigarettes.

It will include a tightening of age restrictions, barring advertising and regulating where they can be sold and used.

Sales… Audio

New rules to control vaping and e-cigarettes will be introduced to Parliament this week. Under the proposed changes all vaping products will be banned for people under 18, and most flavours will only… Audio

Customs stopped a record three tonnes of drugs from entering New Zealand streets in 2019.

Drugs seized were were smuggled inside motor engines, the lining of a puffer jacket and inside pallets.

The… Audio

Construction voices acknowledge a degree of cynicism in the sector at a newly touted Transformation Plan, but they say it's the best shot of tackling long-standing problems.

The Government announced… Audio