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Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Pacific people will not be punished for being in New Zealand without a valid visa if their immigration status is revealed during Covid-19 testing, the health minister says.
Hundreds of seasonal workers have been stranded in New Zealand over recent months, some with...
Palmerston North, NEW ZEALAND — A Palmerston North woman has wiped away her tears and put her hand up for her homeland.
Fatima Sae has family in Samoa. You can hear the pain in her voice, and the loss.
Samoa's measles epidemic has left relatives from the island feeling helpless.
Among the dead...

![Seasonal workers from Solomon Islands. [photo: RNZ Pacific/ Koroi Hawkins] Seasonal workers in New Zealand](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/seasonal_workers.jpg?itok=BJ-cVjK4)
![Fatima Sae, 41, is trying to help people in Samoa by gathering donations for a larger charity to send to her homeland. [MURRAY WILSON/STUFF NZ] Fatima Sae with some of the donations](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gathering_donations_for_measlesweb.jpg?itok=cXirtIxU)