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Government field officers assess the condition of communities and collapsed structures in General Santos City

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Tsunami advisories issued in Pacific after 7.8 Philippines earthquake

June 8, 2026

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Highlands security crisis hampers PNG quake response

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

Flooded properties in Hawke's Bay.

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Insurer says 20,000 NZ homes at risk of severe flooding

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Monster TC Harold wreaks havoc in Vanuatu – communications lost

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Death toll in Indonesia’s Lombok quake rises to 91

August 6, 2018

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

February 10, 2018

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Ovalau survivors tell their horror stories as $15m aid flows to...

February 26, 2016

Flooded properties in Hawke's Bay.

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Insurer says 20,000 NZ homes at risk of severe...

March 1, 2023

The lone building left standing from the US nuclear bomb attack on 3 August 1945 that later became the Hiroshima Peace Memorial

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Hiroshima 80 years on – why AUKUS is imperial madness and...

August 3, 2025

Red Tsounga with the volunteer team from the Whānau Hub

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Gallery: After Auckland’s flash floods, it’s community clean-up time

February 5, 2023

Volunteers help residents in Auckland's Mt Roskill to clear up after the flash floods hit the city last weekend

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NZ Greens back call for rent controls after Auckland flash floods

February 3, 2023

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

An Eskdale road sign . . . one of the most devastated areas by Cyclone Gabrielle

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Cyclone Gabrielle: More heavy rain for NZ’s disaster-hit northern regions

February 24, 2023

Papamoa beach

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Selfish lockdown breaches cause headaches in Fiji, NZ

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April 13, 2020

RSE worker Taylor Crichton and church volunteer Fuimaono Nathan Pulega at Napier

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Help for more than 400 evacuated Pacific RSE workers

February 22, 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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Fiji family mourns death of mechanic killed in NZ tornado

June 21, 2021

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‘We prayed with them until they died’ – stories of Kiribati...

February 6, 2018

The global Nakba Day protest with marchers today in Queen Street in New Zealand's largest city Auckland

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‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says...

May 17, 2025

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37 deaths in Southern Highlands, 16 in Hela as PNG relief...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 5, 2018

Flood damage in Nelson

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A river runs through city – Nelson surveys damage and clean-up...

August 19, 2022

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

October 10, 2022

Digicel Tonga’s technical team working on satellite link equipment

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Covering Tonga’s volcano eruption – without communications

Pacific Media Watch -

February 3, 2022

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Fallen hero saves trapped 5 – but dies trying to rescue...

February 23, 2016

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

February 22, 2016

Nuku'alofa port before and after the volcano eruption and tsunami

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Safety at Tonga port being checked for arrival of more humanitarian...

January 21, 2022

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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

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

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

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives

Australia

Australian journalist and unionist threatened with disciplinary action over opinion article

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A protester ahead of the Global March for Palestine up Auckland's Queen Street

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High Court declines NZ Rugby’s bid for interim injunction on PNG...