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PNG deploys ships and soldiers to Manam for emergency evacuation

August 26, 2018

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Eight die in Papua plane crash – teenager boy lone survivor

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Cyclone Winston damage in Fiji runs to $476m, says disaster office

Marshall Islands firefighters try to contain the Nitijela (Parliament) fire

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‘All destroyed’: Fire engulfs Marshall Islands parliament complex

Sriwijaya Air wreckage

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Body parts found at Sriwijaya Air crash site in Indonesia – 62 feared dead

PNG covid testing station

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Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks...

March 18, 2021

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

August 28, 2018

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Tonga welcomes NZ $750,000 aid offer in wake of Gita’s destruction

February 13, 2018

Slips from Vanuatu's earthquake today

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Powerful 7.3 magnitude quake strikes Vanuatu – serious damage in Vila

December 17, 2024

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29 people dead, 89 injured as Fiji sets up cyclone Winston...

February 23, 2016

Tsunami flooding in the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa

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New tsunami warning in NZ, Samoa as volcano waves hit Tonga’s...

January 15, 2022

Atatā island, Tonga 18012022

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Tonga eruption: Images appear to show most of Atatā island wiped...

January 19, 2022

The Panguna mine as seen in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea,

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Rio Tinto class action begins over ‘toxic’ Bougainville mine disaster

October 13, 2024

An empty Tuffa water tank floats on the Kamininimbit River

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‘We have no clean drinking water’ in quake hit area, says...

March 26, 2024

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

The tsunami waves, caused by a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia, have now rolled on southeastward toward South America

Disasters

Pacific avoids major damage after powerful quake off Russia

July 31, 2025

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Stop politicising relief help, warns Seruiratu – 62,000 homeless

February 27, 2016

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Foreign journalists ban over ferry disaster blamed on climate doco

Pacific Media Watch -

February 10, 2018

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

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Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what...

January 16, 2022

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Vanuatu pressing ahead with Ambae volcano island evacuation plan

April 20, 2018

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PNG’s Manam volcano erupts again, forcing islanders to evacuate

August 25, 2018

Rescue operations underway on a commercial building flattened by the earthquake in Vanuatu 17 Dec 2024

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Buildings ‘pancaked’ in Vanuatu as 7.3 magnitude quake strikes off capital...

December 17, 2024

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Tourists flee Lombok as Indonesian quake death toll hits 98

August 7, 2018

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

Aid after Vanuatu's cyclones Judy and Kelvin

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Vanuatu minister says harvests will take time to recover after cyclones

March 23, 2023

Climate crisis and the Israeli war on Gaza

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Climate crisis: The carbon footprint of the Gaza genocide

January 23, 2025

Aid for Tonga

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Second day of NZ’s Tonga tsunami emergency fundraiser today

January 22, 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

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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

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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

The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28

Asia Report

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

"War is stupid" . . . a message from three generations of New Zealand peace protesters

Analysis

Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian...

Cyclone Maila damage in Papua New Guinea

Climate

Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath

A "New Zealand government must sanction Israel" banner flutters on one of the Global Sumud Flotilla boats

Asia Report

Global Sumud Flotilla heads from Barcelona to break Gaza blockade

EDITOR'S PICKS

A young Gazan journalist describes her setting up for story telling about Al Shifa Hospital

Asia Report

Gaza’s young, untrained journalists step up to document Israel’s war crimes

The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”

Asia Report

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

$Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance is so vital$

Analysis

Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance...

The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28

Asia Report

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

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

A young Gazan journalist describes her setting up for story telling about Al Shifa Hospital

Asia Report

Gaza’s young, untrained journalists step up to document Israel’s war crimes

Crime

Man linked to gang activity dies after Fiji military detention, local...

The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”

Asia Report

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

$Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance is so vital$

Analysis

Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance...