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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

Mango island, Tonga

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Tongan government confirms all homes on Mango destroyed, fears death toll of 3 may rise

tree plantations that were established with government support after the devastation of Cyclone Bola

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Time to invest in natives in response to devastating pine consequences

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Free lunch for some Fiji schools, cyclone classroom damage $42m

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Fiji’s devastated Tukuraki village moves to new site after landslide

Distributing water to ‘Eueiki

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Concern grows over psychological trauma amid Tonga’s recovery

January 25, 2022

Auckland's Mt Eden shot tower

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Historic shot tower to be demolished as storm risk

February 20, 2023

Tonga's undersea cable repairs needed

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Tonga’s undersea communications cable could take weeks to repair

January 18, 2022

A national state of emergency declared in Aotearoa New Zealand

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NZ declares national emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle unleashes fury across...

February 14, 2023

Flooding at Auckland International Airport

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

January 28, 2023

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Palau suffers worsening drought – emergency declared

March 28, 2016

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins (pictured) and Finance Minister Grant Robertson announce a $50 million support package

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hipkins announces recovery taskforce, $50m support

February 20, 2023

Leonora Tumala shares her frustration after their homes in Daet were crushed by a tree in the typhoon

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80 Camarines Norte barangays isolated after Typhoon Uwan hits Philippines

November 11, 2025

A drone being used by emergency services to inspect Loafers Lodge

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Loafers Lodge fire: Man arrested and charged with arson

May 18, 2023

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Chaos in Palu after quake and tsunami as survivors deal with...

October 2, 2018

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

March 3, 2018

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Connecting the dots – Pacific disasters, cyclones, climate featured in latest...

Pacific Journalism Review -

July 20, 2018

The Montevideo Maru

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Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter

April 29, 2023

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31 deaths so far in PNG quake, but ‘hit-and-miss’ on rural...

March 1, 2018

Ponsonby mosque child

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

March 19, 2019

Damage to South Pentecost villages in the aftermath of last year's Cyclone Lola

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Vanuatu communities growing climate resilience in wake of Cyclone Lola

April 28, 2025

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

March 4, 2018

HMNZS Wellington deploys dive teams in Tonga

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Tonga’s King Tupou VI offers hope to families who lost relatives...

January 21, 2022

Aerial pictures of the tsunami damage on Fonoifua

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

January 23, 2022

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

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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

July 6, 2025

A woman in Jayapura stands next to a collapsed wall after the quake

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4 die, 700 forced to flee as earthquake hits Papuan capital...

February 11, 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

“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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British Council representative Natasha Beckman (left) and photographer Faaiuga Vaialia

Climate

Pacific artists use photography and storytelling to challenge global leaders at...

The Greens have made history

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Sean Ackland: Chin up. There’s still a lot to celebrate over...

Türkye is hosting the COP31 climate talks from 9-20 November in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya

Climate

COP31 opens in Türkiye as global temperature flirts with 1.5°C line

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Analysis

‘Foreign agency’ – Australia’s antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal is a US...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Greens have made history

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Sean Ackland: Chin up. There’s still a lot to celebrate over...

The public broadcaster RNZ this week announced a $11.8 million ﬁscal blowout

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Journalism educators call on crisis-hit RNZ not to slash newsroom staff

Tending to vegetable crops with use of water from a nearby urban creek in Waigani, Port Moresby

Climate

Pacific faces water security challenges during a searing El Niño

Climate

Pacific journalists to amplify island voices at COP31 in Türkiye

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

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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

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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The Greens have made history

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Sean Ackland: Chin up. There’s still a lot to celebrate over...

Tending to vegetable crops with use of water from a nearby urban creek in Waigani, Port Moresby

Climate

Pacific faces water security challenges during a searing El Niño

Climate

Pacific journalists to amplify island voices at COP31 in Türkiye

British Council representative Natasha Beckman (left) and photographer Faaiuga Vaialia

Climate

Pacific artists use photography and storytelling to challenge global leaders at...