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Indigenous Papuan negotiators walk to forest hideout to seek release of...
Jubi News in Jayapura
An indigenous Papuan negotiation team has traversed rugged highlands forests in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian province in search of the New Zealand...
Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll now 7 – PM Hipkins warns...
RNZ News
New Zealanders should be prepared for the number of fatalities in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle to increase, says Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.
He...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay farmer seething over forestry slash floods
By Sally Murphy, RNZ News reporter
Widespread damage has hit farms across Aotearoa New Zealand's North Island with those in parts of Gisborne and Hawke's...
Indonesia to negotiate with West Papuan rebels for NZ pilot’s release
By Tria Dianti in Jakarta
Authorities in Indonesia’s Melanesian province Papua will negotiate with indigenous pro-independence rebels to secure the release of a New Zealand...
Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll rises, ‘grave concerns’ for several missing
RNZ News
As a huge effort ramps up in Aotearoa New Zealand to restore essential services to thousands of people in Tairāwhiti and Hawke's Bay,...
NZ Defence Force starts supplying stricken Wairoa with food, water
RNZ News
A NZ Defence Force operation was beginning tonight to supply Wairoa in New Zealand's North Island with food and water after being cut...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa cut off amid NZ devastation, woman dies after...
RNZ News
The extent of devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand is still unfolding with vast areas of the North Island flooded,...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Severity of damage ‘not seen in a generation’, says...
RNZ News
At least 2500 people have been displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle this week, says Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty.
About 1000 of those are in...
NZ declares national emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle unleashes fury across...
RNZ News
A national state of emergency has been declared today after Cyclone Gabrielle unleashed fury across the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
There has...
West Papuan national liberation rebel group says kidnapped NZ pilot safe
RNZ Pacific
A rebel group in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian province of Papua who abducted New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens says he is safe.
The New Zealander,...
Cyclone Gabrielle lashes NZ’s North Island – Whāngarei basin residents told...
RNZ news
A state of emergency has been declared in Northland, Auckland, Thames-Coromandel and this morning Ōpōtiki and Tairāwhiti as Cyclone Gabrielle starts to wreak...
Cyclone Gabrielle: The science behind its massive power
RNZ News
It has been a soggy few weeks for Aotearoa New Zealand's upper North Island, with late January's Auckland downpour and now, Cyclone Gabrielle.
States...
Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua...
ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong
“Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is -- no one ever had anything bad to say...
Thousands without power, evacuations begin as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ
RNZ News
Cyclone Gabrielle was battering parts of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand with strong winds and heavy rain last night.
Most of the...
Northland declares state of emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ
RNZ News
Northland has declared a state of emergency and the Auckland Harbour Bridge has been closed as steady rain and strong winds from Cyclone...
Fiji to probe Korean Grace Road cult land deals – 31...
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
The Grace Road Church made 31 acquisitions of land during the reign of the FijiFirst government and it has several...
Red weather warnings as Cyclone Gabrielle makes NZ landfall
RNZ News
Cyclone Gabrielle is already bringing steady rain and strong winds to northern parts of Aotearoa New Zealand after sparing Norfolk Island and MetService...
Cyclone Gabrielle closes in on Aotearoa: Warnings and forecasts
RNZ news
Coromandel Peninsula and Gisborne north of Tolaga Bay are now under red heavy rain warnings in Aotearoa New Zealand linked to Cyclone Gabrielle.
MetService...
4 die, 700 forced to flee as earthquake hits Papuan capital...
Jubi News
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 hit Papua's capital city Jayapura on Thursday afternoon, killing four people, injuring at least five and...
Accepting Indonesia into MSG ‘a mistake’, admits Natuman
By Len Garae in Port Vila
Former Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman says allowing Indonesia -- by former Prime Minister Sato Kilman -- into the...
Auckland’s Great Flood: ‘If you think it was bad before, it’s...
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ Te Ao Māori news
A fortnight after the floods in Tāmaki Makaurau and as Aotearoa New Zealand braces for Cyclone Gabriel...
PNG government’s top legal adviser charged over ‘dangerous’ road death
PNG Post-Courier
The Papua New Guinea government’s top legal adviser, Dr Eric Kwa, has been arrested and charged on allegations of dangerous driving causing death.
Dr...































































