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Loafers Lodge fire: Man arrested and charged with arson

May 18, 2023

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Gallery: Stay away from flooded areas, Samoan police warn after Cyclone Gita

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Fiji family mourns death of mechanic killed in NZ tornado

TC Harold

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Restricted movement on Viti Levu as TC Harold hammers Fiji

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

twin catastrophic threats of climate change and a pandemic

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Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than covid....

August 7, 2021

Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau announcing the declaration of a state of emergency 020323

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PM Kalsakau in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares emergency as new storm bears...

March 3, 2023

Ponsonby mosque child

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Christchurch terrorism attacks: NZ’s darkest hour – Friday, March 15, 2019

March 19, 2019

Thirty tonnes of Indonesian disaster relief supplies

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Indonesia sends disaster aid supplies to Vanuatu – warning over West...

May 9, 2023

The morgue of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al Balah, Gaza

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Massacre at 2 am – Israel resumes indiscriminate attacks against Gaza,...

March 19, 2025

Auckland's flash floods 2023

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Nick Young: NZ’s climate floods expose stark truth – people paying...

February 2, 2023

Moruroa files

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

March 18, 2021

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Toxic smoke chokes region as Indonesian rainforests burn

September 18, 2019

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

A group of schoolchildren boarding a military aircraft

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Quake-shocked New Caledonian children repatriated from Vanuatu

December 22, 2024

Floods in Waitomo

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NZ floods: Heavy rain hits Waikato, Waitomo and derails train

January 29, 2023

"Let Gaza Live" says a placard in a New Zealand protest against the Israeli genocide and environmental devastation in West Auckland

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Gaza’s water supply turns poisonous as Israel’s genocide leaves toxic legacy

November 9, 2025

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

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

June 14, 2024

Young Guam students do school work

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Influenza outbreak after Mawar challenges Guam’s evacuation centres

June 16, 2023

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Mounting death toll tops 102 after strong quake hits Aceh buildings

December 8, 2016

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

February 25, 2016

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

Pacific Media Watch -

October 5, 2017

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Daku has a climate message for the world: ‘Tell them to...

April 27, 2016

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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

January 17, 2022

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

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Australia and New Zealand compete with China for Tongan influence

January 24, 2022

NZ Defence Force bring evacuees from Waiohiki to Hastings

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Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll now 7 – PM Hipkins warns...

February 17, 2023

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown (left) fronting a media conference

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Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the Great Flood

Pacific Media Watch -

January 31, 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

POPULAR POSTS

Pro-Palestine activists at a public meeting in Auckland last night planning for the New Zealand share of the Global March for Palestine

Asia Report

PSNA raps NZ govt over ‘haphazard’ foreign policy and mixed messages

The MSG membership flags

Asia Report

Melanesian countries to review Indonesia’s status at MSG if no action...

Secular Jewish socialist and peace activist Tony Greenstein

Analysis

The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Democracy

Solomon Islands ‘dangles over the edge of political instability’ as three...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Himalayan Tsunami . . . Kirti Tamang, 5, was in her classroom in Betrawati on the morning when the flood arrived with a roar

Disasters

Nepali Times: Not if, but when next?

Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo

Democracy

Sacked Solomon Islands finance minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent

Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm

Analysis

Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll...

Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10

Asia Report

Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval

MOST COMMENTS

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

Himalayan Tsunami . . . Kirti Tamang, 5, was in her classroom in Betrawati on the morning when the flood arrived with a roar

Disasters

Nepali Times: Not if, but when next?

Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo

Democracy

Sacked Solomon Islands finance minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent

Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm

Analysis

Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll...

Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10

Asia Report

Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval