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The podcast takes the listener into a room in Seattle, Washington, in 1984, where Greenpeace International leader Steve Sawyer met for the first time with Jeton Anjain

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How Jeton Anjain planned the Rongelap evacuation – new Rainbow Warrior podcast series

December 5, 2024

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Fiji death toll rises to 5 as Winston leaves devastation

Mango island, Tonga

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Tongan government confirms all homes on Mango destroyed, fears death toll of 3 may rise

Tonga's undersea cable repairs needed

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Tonga’s undersea communications cable could take weeks to repair

Filipino investigative journalist Manny "Bok" Mogato

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‘In my early days, I was reckless,’ says Pultizer winner Manny Mogato

Moonset after TC Harold

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When Tropical Cyclone Harold meets the novel coronavirus

April 22, 2020

A flooded road on Vanuatu's Efate island after Tropical Cyclone Kevin struck

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Tropical Cyclone Kevin lashes Port Vila with destructive winds and heavy...

March 6, 2023

Pro-Palestinian protesters at a New Zealand solidarity rally in Auckland

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Israel’s endgame for tormented Gaza is political and physical erasure

April 25, 2025

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Palu quake and tsunami sweeps away key Indonesian human rights activism

October 8, 2018

Submarine family members

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Indonesian families remember victims of Bali submarine disaster – 53 die

April 27, 2021

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100 homes damaged, people from Korovou village cry for help

February 25, 2016

New Zealand's Urban Search and Rescue

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Vanuatu quake: Warnings as bad weather threat looms for Port Vila

December 22, 2024

Sriwijaya Air wreckage

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Body parts found at Sriwijaya Air crash site in Indonesia –...

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January 10, 2021

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Gallery: Massive volunteer effort in tackling Auckland’s floods

January 29, 2023

Filipino investigative journalist Manny "Bok" Mogato

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‘In my early days, I was reckless,’ says Pultizer winner Manny...

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January 13, 2025

The social value of forestry was considered inefficient and wasteful

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Cyclone Gabrielle triggers more destructive forestry ‘slash’ – NZ must change...

February 18, 2023

Cleaning up Tonga's volcano ashfall

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Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after Cyclone Winston

February 5, 2022

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Connecting the dots – Pacific disasters, cyclones, climate featured in latest...

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July 20, 2018

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Cyclone ‘flattened’ 10 villages in Fiji’s Ra – now 22,181 evacuees

February 25, 2016

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Ocean at ‘breaking point’: Pacific angst at latest climate report

October 3, 2019

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Tongan churches failing to provide climate leadership, says researcher

February 26, 2018

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PNG quake-hit communities plead for relief aid to ‘bypass’ government

March 16, 2018

Hunga-Ha’apai and Hunga-Tonga erupting in Tonga

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Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what...

January 16, 2022

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Vanuatu orders evacuation of Ambae’s 11,000 people over volcano’s gases

September 28, 2017

The Handala crew in emergency positions as the Israeli military stormed the Gaza-bound aid ship

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Gaza condemns Israeli ‘piracy’ over storming of Handala aid ship

July 27, 2025

American Samoan storms

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American Samoa declares state of emergency over severe storms

July 16, 2022

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds more NZ unaccounted for now located

February 22, 2023

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

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

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

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

BEARING WITNESS

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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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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Leading civil society groups have warned that a rushed constitutional process could amount to a "self-coup"

Democracy

Fiji civil society warns about govt rushing constitutional change

"Put the greens last"

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Australia’s social cohesion, far-right astroturfers and the Bondi Royal Commission

TUC unions back motion demanding boycotts and sanctions to oppose the "catastrophic destruction of Gaza"

Asia Report

Palestine Forum calls on NZ unions to follow TUC sanctions lead...

A pro-Palestine protest against Israeli genocide in Gaza and the illegal settlements in the West Bank in Auckland

Analysis

The case for NZ joining the UK in sanctioning Israel over...

EDITOR'S PICKS

For as long as states have made war, they have assassinated, disappeared, tortured and executed

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Gaza genocide: We made machines that think – then corrupted them...

A Fijian media kava sit down at Wasawasa

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Pacific media summit to set direction for next decade of Pacific...

Siaosi (George) Lavelua serving 'otai for his parents business

Culture

‘We’re one people’ – a young Tongan man’s te reo Māori...

Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham and co-director Rachel Szor receiving the Venice Special Jury Prize for their critical Gaza war film

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The controversial documentary NAZA: 10 reasons to defend this whistleblower war...

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

For as long as states have made war, they have assassinated, disappeared, tortured and executed

Analysis

Gaza genocide: We made machines that think – then corrupted them...

Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham and co-director Rachel Szor receiving the Venice Special Jury Prize for their critical Gaza war film

Analysis

The controversial documentary NAZA: 10 reasons to defend this whistleblower war...

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Civil Society

Gallery: ‘Save our land – sell Luxon instead’ message at NZ...