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More than 30 feared dead after quake hits PNG’s Hela, Southern Highlands

February 27, 2018

Aerial pictures of the tsunami damage on Fonoifua

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

Moruroa files

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

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

A ni-Vanuatu family at the Blacksands community in Port Vila on Efate Island in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Kevin

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Back-to-back cyclones in Vanuatu – stories of survival in ‘tough go’

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Ambae Manaro volcano’s crater lakes make it a serious threat to...

September 30, 2017

Tolukuma mine

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Landslide claims 13 lives at Tolukuma mine in PNG’s Central province

December 29, 2020

The huge landslide engulfed the Engan village of Yambali in the Papua New Guinea highlands early today

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Hundreds feared dead after huge landslide in Papua New Guinea

May 24, 2024

The majestic 150-year-old banyan tree in front of the historic courthouse in Lahaina still stands following destructive wildfires on Maui

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‘Everyone was in panic mode’: Lāhainā resident tells of wildfire escape

August 12, 2023

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Prepared? Yes, but devastation of Winston was overwhelming

February 26, 2016

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14 confirmed dead in PNG Highlands quake, aftershocks

February 28, 2018

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Kilauea volcano ash rains down on Hawai’i with more blasts predicted

May 18, 2018

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

Theonila Roka Matbob, lead complainant

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Panguna human rights report fuels Bougainville demands for Rio Tinto-funded mine...

December 8, 2024

Between 26 to 30 Gazan journalists have been targeted in this Israeli campaign of assassination. And Anas wanted the UN rapporteur to go public, he wanted others to go public, to stop what Israel was doing

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Israel has ‘deliberate strategy’ of killing Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif,...

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August 13, 2025

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Ambae volcano ‘more stable’, say Vanuatu’s monitoring scientists

October 2, 2017

"Stay Home" warning today on the New Zealand Herald's front page

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Auckland deputy mayor talks up media role in disasters in wake...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 31, 2023

RNZN divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui

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‘We’re eating tinned fish’ – Samoa villagers plead for Manawanui wreckage...

October 19, 2025

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PNG’s earthquake death toll in Highlands now tops 75

March 6, 2018

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Village relocation provides new hope for Fiji’s devastated Tukuraki

April 27, 2017

Papua New Guinea is reeling from a series of mudslides in the Highlands

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PNG begins wild weather relief operations – 21 killed in mud...

March 15, 2024

Panguna mine . . . the flooding

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Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities

June 7, 2023

South Tarawa in Kiribati

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Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

October 10, 2025

An earthquake collapsed hillside at Birimon primary school in Deyamos LLG district in PNG's Morobe province

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Deaths, buried villages reported as 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits PNG

September 12, 2022

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Tourists flee Lombok as Indonesian quake death toll hits 98

August 7, 2018

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters speaking

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NZ election 2023: ‘Too cavalier’ – scientists call out Peters over...

October 3, 2023

Matilda Koma

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PNG authorities slammed over ‘lack of control’ on alluvial mining

January 2, 2021

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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

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Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s press conference on the first day of the Iran ceasefire on 8 April 2026

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Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid severe NZ...

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

Jacinda Ardern

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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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Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and...

Israel’s attack on Lebanon was “one of the deadliest single bombing campaigns

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‘Ten minutes of terror’ – Lebanon death toll tops 300 from...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s press conference on the first day of the Iran ceasefire on 8 April 2026

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Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious

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Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid severe NZ...