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Fiji covid pandemic crisis worsens 120621

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Fiji disaster unfolds as nation breaks daily covid record with 94 new cases

June 12, 2021

twin catastrophic threats of climate change and a pandemic

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Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than covid. A mental health crisis is looming

Survivor Tevita 'Amaka

Disasters

Tonga eruption: ‘The tsunami came, taking down electric poles, trees’

TC Yasa

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Thousands still in evacuation centres in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa

Supporters collect funds for the victims of Kanjuruhan football stadium tragedy

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Indonesian police asked to stop ‘intimidating witnesses’ over football stadium tragedy

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Cyclone Pam – one year later: Brennan, 13, tells his story

March 12, 2016

True cost of covid pandemic

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Covid-19 cost more in 2020 than the world’s combined natural disasters...

April 20, 2021

Sriwijaya Air wreckage

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

Pacific Media Watch -

January 10, 2021

Disasters

Ambae is Vanuatu’s story, not just a global media backdrop

Pacific Media Watch -

October 5, 2017

French Polynesia has just played host to a 15-nation 'Marara' military exercise

Disasters

French Polynesia hosts ‘Marara’ military exercise for Asia-Pacific

June 14, 2024

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Fiji death toll rises to 5 as Winston leaves devastation

February 21, 2016

Disasters

Fiji picks up the pieces after TC Winston – looking to...

April 4, 2016

Aerial pictures of the tsunami damage on Fonoifua

Disasters

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

January 23, 2022

Vanuatu local authorities have been working around the clock since Tuesday to try to locate and rescue people trapped in the Port Vila rubble left by the magnitude 7.3 earthquake this week

Disasters

Vanuatu quake: Rescue teams continue Port Vila hunt for survivors

December 19, 2024

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Fiji’s provident fund frees up $5.3m for natural disaster assistance

April 22, 2018

"Stay Home" warning today on the New Zealand Herald's front page

Disasters

Auckland deputy mayor talks up media role in disasters in wake...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 31, 2023

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Salacieli, 10, tells of her Fiji night of terror as her...

February 22, 2016

Flooding in Sorong

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Two die in heavy floods in West Papuan city Sorong

August 25, 2022

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Challenges on the ground in PNG Highlands – what people really...

March 10, 2018

Disasters

Tropical Cyclone Gita leaves trail of destruction in Tonga

February 13, 2018

Young Guam students do school work

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Influenza outbreak after Mawar challenges Guam’s evacuation centres

June 16, 2023

A P-3K2 Orion aircraft flies over Nomuka island

Disasters

Gallery: What the NZ air crew saw at Tonga’s Nomuka –...

January 18, 2022

Disasters

Baliau village apologises for assault on PNG’s volcano island journalist

Pacific Media Watch -

August 30, 2018

Survivor Tevita 'Amaka

Disasters

Tonga eruption: ‘The tsunami came, taking down electric poles, trees’

January 15, 2023

Disasters

Shortwave radio saves lives and foreign aid dollars, says McGarry

August 4, 2018

Disasters

Tourists flee Lombok as Indonesian quake death toll hits 98

August 7, 2018

Flooding in Tahiti's Teahupo’o village

Disasters

Tahiti disaster expected to be called after Teahupo’o village flooded

May 4, 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

Analysis

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

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Disasters

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

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

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

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

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

Bearing Witness

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

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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

POPULAR POSTS

Porirua Cemetery manager Daniel Chrisp speaks at the Family Forum beside the chapel, as Mayor Anita Baker and whānau gather to honour 1800 patients buried in unmarked graves

Civil Society

Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves

The Cook Islands' outer islands, or Pa Enua, are emptying as people make the pilgrimage to Rarotonga for constitution celebrations

Cook Islands

Cook Islanders flock from outer islands for 60th anniversary celebrations

An "Israel-USA - blood on your hands" banner at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland last Saturday

Asia Report

Leaked document reveals proposed law revisions in NZ, as Western defence...

"It's more than ironic that while Western countries like Britain and New Zealand are calling for an end to the war in Gaza, they continue to be hostile toward the anti-war protest movements in their own countries"

Asia Report

Gaza: Empty rhetoric from New Zealand and other Western countries

EDITOR'S PICKS

In the heart of besieged Gaza, local Al Jazeera journalist Hani Mahmoud shares his painful daily struggle

Asia Report

Gaza: Global community must act amid reports of starvation of journalists,...

An "Israel-USA - blood on your hands" banner at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland last Saturday

Asia Report

Leaked document reveals proposed law revisions in NZ, as Western defence...

A West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence flies higm among dozens of climate activists - from both the Netherlands and abroad - gathered on a square outside the court

Climate

UN’s highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for...

A "save the world" banner at last Saturday's pro-Palestinian march in Auckland's Viaduct precinct

Decolonisation

Gaza – an open question for NZ’s foreign minister Winston Peters

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

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

Brazilian crew member Thiago Avila in a prerecorded video image on land

Asia Report

Handala freedom ship loaded with Gaza aid bracing for Israeli forces

In the heart of besieged Gaza, local Al Jazeera journalist Hani Mahmoud shares his painful daily struggle

Asia Report

Gaza: Global community must act amid reports of starvation of journalists,...

An "Israel-USA - blood on your hands" banner at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland last Saturday

Asia Report

Leaked document reveals proposed law revisions in NZ, as Western defence...

Vanuatu's Climate Minister Ralph Regenvanu talks to the media

Climate

Historic ICJ climate ruling ‘just the beginning’, says Vanuatu’s Regenvanu