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Danger lurks but tales of heroism are emerging, says Fiji Times editor

February 24, 2016

TC Yasa

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Thousands still in evacuation centres in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa

Monsignor Vicar Lutoviko Finau

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Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption

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Despite taking lead on global stage, Fiji pays price for climate crisis

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Tonga’s Parliament seeks temporary home after Gita smashed old House

Cityscape

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Rich and poor don’t recover equally from epidemics – target: rebuild...

May 26, 2020

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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PM Ardern on covid-19 vaccine for children, booster doses and Tonga

January 17, 2022

Cartoon: Malc McGookin/Independent Australia

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Trump 2.0 chaos and destruction — what it means Down Under

January 29, 2025

Moruroa files

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Tahitian academic says Paris must pay for impacts of French nuclear...

March 18, 2021

Panguna mine . . . the flooding

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Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities

June 7, 2023

PNG highlanders look for signs of life or bodies buried under the rubble at Yambali village today after it was buried in a massive landslide in Enga province yesterday

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PNG landslide: Survivors of highlands disaster desperately seeking help

May 25, 2024

A ni-Vanuatu family at the Blacksands community in Port Vila on Efate Island in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Kevin

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Back-to-back cyclones in Vanuatu – stories of survival in ‘tough go’

March 6, 2023

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Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters

December 9, 2016

Crime reports as the post-cyclone Gabrielle clean-up operations continue

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Police report number of uncontactable people down to single...

February 26, 2023

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‘Play for our people’ call by Southern Highlands musicians after PNG...

March 3, 2018

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds more NZ unaccounted for now located

February 22, 2023

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

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Tonga volcano eruption: PM reflects ahead of one-year anniversary of disaster

January 14, 2023

Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick

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Green Party’s Swarbrick calls for urgent NZ action over Israel’s ‘crazy’...

March 22, 2025

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Indonesia on fire, cross-boundary public health hazards

May 6, 2016

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Falling trees and downed power poles hinder Tonga’s Gita relief effort

February 14, 2018

Flooding in Napier NZ

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Death toll rises to 11, Civil Defence targets isolated...

February 19, 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".

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David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano

December 31, 2022

Solidarity from another decolonisation struggle - West Papua

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Phil Goff: Israel doesn’t care how many innocent people it’s killing...

June 1, 2025

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West Papuans launch quake appeal for survivors in PNG Highlands

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March 15, 2018

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Desperate call for food, water from 5000 on Manam volcano island

August 28, 2018

At least 53 people have been killed in the Maui wildfires in Hawai'i

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Lāhainā ‘completely wiped out’ – US declares Maui wildfires disaster as...

August 11, 2023

A water spout off the Bay of Plenty coast near Waihi where a tornado hit

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Tornado hits Waihi Beach amid more wild weather in...

February 25, 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

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...

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

Bearing Witness

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

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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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Fiji's Labour Party leader and a former prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry

Crime

‘Race was used as a weapon’ – Fiji coup frontman urged...

In her evidence before the Bondi Royal Commission, the antisemitism envoy Jillian Segel claimed

Analysis

It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to...

A controversial Fiji and Israeli plan to cooperate in security training has triggered criticism

Asia Report

Fiji joins global Israel allies network, security plan slammed as ‘shameful’

The packed public meeting in opposition to the DP World

Analysis

Saige England: A tale of power being taken from the people...

EDITOR'S PICKS

A Nile crocodile, the creature to be deployed in Israel's Ketziot Prison moat

Analysis

Media avoids Israel’s sadism like a crocodile-infested moat

Filipino National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag takes an oath before testifying

Asia Report

Sara Duterte impeachment trial – Matibag says no hitman yet, but...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Asia Report

Why the Trump administration is running scared of the global criminal...

Professor Vijay Naidu

Civil Society

Fiji universities criticised for ‘great shame’ of ignoring coup impacts

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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

A Nile crocodile, the creature to be deployed in Israel's Ketziot Prison moat

Analysis

Media avoids Israel’s sadism like a crocodile-infested moat

Filipino National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag takes an oath before testifying

Asia Report

Sara Duterte impeachment trial – Matibag says no hitman yet, but...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Asia Report

Why the Trump administration is running scared of the global criminal...

Professor Vijay Naidu

Civil Society

Fiji universities criticised for ‘great shame’ of ignoring coup impacts