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Eruption renews debate on lack of backup for Tongan communications

January 18, 2022

Satellite images of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano before and after the 15-01-2022 eruption.

Anxious Tongans in NZ await volcano news from home: ‘It’s painful,...

January 17, 2022

Tongan broadcasting chief blames TBC shake-up on news failure

October 13, 2017

Tongan journalists who clashed with PM reshuffled out of TBC newsroom

October 11, 2017

King Tupou VI and Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku

Tongan PM resigns as defence minister to ‘appease’ king over throne...

March 25, 2024

Lord Tu’ivakanō

Kaniva News: Noble’s letter demanding PM resign over royal memo takes...

March 8, 2024

Tonga's King Tupou VI

Tongan govt tight-lipped about King’s withdrawal of consent for ministers

February 6, 2024

Sparkling kava being served at the Reload Bar

‘Sparkling’ kava on tap: Tongan entrepreneur adds twist to tradition

February 2, 2024

Pilot and author Silva McLeod

Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’...

May 10, 2023

A public meeting that included government minister Michael Wood

‘We’re still being dawn raided’, Tongan leader tells emotional public meeting

May 6, 2023

Dr Sitiveni Halapua

Tongan politician, democracy reformer and scholar Dr Sitiveni Halapua dies

February 6, 2023

Tonga's violent eruption was caused by a volcano that lies under hundreds of metres of seawater

A year on, we know why the Tongan eruption was so...

January 15, 2023

Fijians in the capital Suva celebrate the end of 16 years of authoritarian rule - eight years of military dictatorship followed by a rigid "democracy".

David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano

December 31, 2022

Otāhuhu College

Tongan Language Week helping empower NZ’s Tongan youth

September 8, 2022

Tongan King calls for unity as he vows to rebuild amid...

January 29, 2022

HMNZS Aotearoa (docked) and HMNZS Wellington in Nuku’alofa

Australia and New Zealand compete with China for Tongan influence

January 24, 2022

Aerial pictures of the tsunami damage on Fonoifua

Overwhelming sense of relief that ‘apocalyptic’ Tongan tsunami spared most lives

January 23, 2022

Labour MP Jenny Salesa

Tongan community welcomes official word from Tongan government

January 19, 2022

Mango island, Tonga

Tongan government confirms all homes on Mango destroyed, fears death toll...

January 19, 2022

Tongan geologists view the Hunga eruption

Tongan volcanic eruption reveals the vulnerabilities in global telecommunications

January 18, 2022

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

No reports of deaths in Tongan volcano tsunami, says NZ prime...

January 16, 2022

Tonga's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forests Viliami Hingano

New Tongan minister travels to NZ for medical treatment amid policy...

January 8, 2022

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CLIMATE AND COVID

In the Eye of the Storm

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Pacific Climate Warriors

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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

Stephanie Sageo-Tapungu

Climate

How covid priorities have ‘shelved’ PNG climate change action

Dr Collin Tukuitonga

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Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change

CORONAVIRUS

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

Former NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern

Coronavirus

King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade

BEARING WITNESS

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

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Professor David Robie

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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

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Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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Bearing Witness

Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Te Pāti Māori's Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke is Aotearoa’s youngest MP since 1853 and is seen as representing the "kohanga reo" generation of young Māori

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Te Arikinui Kuini Nga Wai Hono i te Po

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Professor Mohamad Elmasry

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NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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