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Vanuatu disaster officials dump tonnes of expired relief supplies

March 8, 2016

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

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Tonga under curfew as kingdom braces for fury of Cyclone Gita

People dig through mud and rocks today after a major landslide at Yambali

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PNG landslide: Thousands on standby for evacuation amid fears of new crisis

"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

Flooding on the corner of Seabrooke and Margan avenues in New Lynn

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Nick Rockel: When the public’s important at election time, but not...

January 28, 2023

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Mata’afa Keni Lesa: Cyclone Gita’s over but remember Ofa’s vengeance

February 11, 2018

The landslide at Yambali village

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PNG landslide buried ‘more than 2000 people alive’: Rescue teams navigate...

May 27, 2024

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Rakiraki town hopes to get business going again next week

February 27, 2016

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

Disaster news coverage

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Gavin Ellis: Thank God for news media in a storm

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February 16, 2023

Flooding at Auckland International Airport

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Three dead, at least one missing, and airport closes in Auckland...

January 28, 2023

Volunteer rescuers from Auckland's Muriwai lifeguard squad

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Auckland floods a future sign – city needs stormwater systems fit...

January 29, 2023

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Fiji baby survives 14 hour cyclone Winston ordeal in esky

February 29, 2016

Vanuatu Daily Post journalist Doddy Morris

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Ni-Vanuatu journalist Doddy Morris balances grief and duty in the aftermath...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 26, 2025

Tonga's violent eruption was caused by a volcano that lies under hundreds of metres of seawater

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A year on, we know why the Tongan eruption was so...

January 15, 2023

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Tonga declares state of emergency to face looming wrath of Cyclone...

February 12, 2018

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

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Vanuatu declares state of emergency over erupting volcano

September 26, 2017

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Mounting death toll tops 102 after strong quake hits Aceh buildings

December 8, 2016

The Tahiti search operations involved about 200 emergency staff

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Tahiti landslide: no survivors – all 8 bodies retrieved

November 28, 2025

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PNG deploys ships and soldiers to Manam for emergency evacuation

August 26, 2018

The Waipaoa River, near Gisborne 140223

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Severity of damage ‘not seen in a generation’, says...

February 15, 2023

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Cyclone Donna leaves northern Vanuatu, heads for New Caledonia

Pacific Media Watch -

May 8, 2017

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How Jack Mawe died trying to save his wife and child...

March 4, 2018

Flames and a column of smoke in New Caledonia's capital Nouméa during 2024 riots

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New Caledonia riots one year on: ‘Like the country was at...

May 13, 2025

Port Vila-based journalist Dan McGarry has a big clean up on his hands

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Vanuatu residents ‘exhausted’ after two wild cyclones in three days

March 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

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...

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

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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

A decision on the waste-to-energy proposal can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review

Environment

Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

The US-Israeli war against Iran on hold . . . who really has the cards? I

Analysis

Martyn Bradbury: Why Iran is winning and will continue to win

Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces

Asia Report

NZer in flotilla intercepted by Israel has concussion and possible broken...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces

Asia Report

NZer in flotilla intercepted by Israel has concussion and possible broken...

"Hands up" . . . Global Sumud Flotilla protesters

Asia Report

Former Greek minister slams ‘Western complicity’ over brutal Israeli kidnap...

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

Disasters

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

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

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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

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has expressed grave concern for the safety and well-being of human rights activists Palestinian Saif Abu Kishek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila, who were abducted by Israeli commandos

Asia Report

Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli...

Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces

Asia Report

NZer in flotilla intercepted by Israel has concussion and possible broken...

"Hands up" . . . Global Sumud Flotilla protesters

Asia Report

Former Greek minister slams ‘Western complicity’ over brutal Israeli kidnap...

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