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Daku has a climate message for the world: ‘Tell them to believe it’

April 27, 2016

Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

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Fiji’s AG blames Tongan tsunami warning delay on ‘agency liaison’

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 NZ

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Infrawatch blames Philippine dam operators for Cagayan, Isabela floods

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Vanuatu declares state of emergency over erupting volcano

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Danger lurks but tales of heroism are emerging, says Fiji Times...

February 24, 2016

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds more NZ unaccounted for now located

February 22, 2023

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

NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters

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Why NZ must act against Israel’s ethnic cleansing and genocide

May 29, 2025

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Baliau village apologises for assault on PNG’s volcano island journalist

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August 30, 2018

A #VForVaccinated banner in Tonga

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Three new covid-19 cases in Tonga as kingdom enters lockdown

February 3, 2022

Tolukuma mine

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

December 29, 2020

"Changing" by the artist Alisa Singer IPCC

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IPCC report: ‘Last gasp’ warning on climate response for NZ, the...

August 10, 2021

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

1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver in Port Vila

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Vanuatu quake: ‘Our shop was flattened like a deck of cards’

December 20, 2024

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Gavin Ellis: Thank God for news media in a storm

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February 16, 2023

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Ambae is Vanuatu’s story, not just a global media backdrop

Pacific Media Watch -

October 5, 2017

HMNZS Aotearoa bound for Tonga

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Global aid effort underway for Tonga’s recovery from the Hunga tsunami

January 23, 2022

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How mining and militarisation led to an HIV epidemic in Indonesia’s...

November 26, 2016

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Cyclone ‘flattened’ 10 villages in Fiji’s Ra – now 22,181 evacuees

February 25, 2016

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

Flooding in Dili 1

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Severe floods hit Timor-Leste capital Dili in Easter disaster

April 4, 2021

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Rakiraki town hopes to get business going again next week

February 27, 2016

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

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‘Take care of each other’, says PM Hipkins after assessing Auckland...

January 28, 2023

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

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‘All destroyed’: Fire engulfs Marshall Islands parliament complex

August 26, 2025

Labour MP Jenny Salesa

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Tongan community welcomes official word from Tongan government

January 19, 2022

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

February 12, 2018

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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

Joseph Auga Matamata aka Viliamu Samu in court

Crime

Hawke’s Bay enslaver and human trafficker Joseph Matamata granted parole

Four days before the Kanaky New Caledonia provincial elections, the pro-independence Kanak Workers and Exploited Workers' Union (USTKE) has announced its voting preferences in all three provinces

Elections

Alcohol sales banned in New Caledonia as provincial election approaches

The executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia, Sarah Schwartz

Asia Report

Saige England: Praise for Australia’s Jewish Council but NZ’s council is...

Bougainville's Panguna mine . . .

Bougainville

Bougainville Copper Limited takes stock after Panguna licence setback

EDITOR'S PICKS

Cook Islands says bulk-buying and stockpiling places pressure on supply for everyone and is not necessary

American Samoa

A timeline of how the fuel crisis impacted on the Pacific

The executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia, Sarah Schwartz

Asia Report

Saige England: Praise for Australia’s Jewish Council but NZ’s council is...

The leftwing heart of the Labour Party were upset by Starmer's support for Israel.

Analysis

Palestine Action ‘terror’ sentencing, Starmer resignation but Labour change unlikely over...

Pro-Palestine protesters set off a blood-red flare outside the US Consulate in the peaceful March for Peace demonstration in Auckland

Analysis

Paul Hopkinson: Why NZ’s ‘Free Palestine’ party seeks to put Gaza...

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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

Cook Islands says bulk-buying and stockpiling places pressure on supply for everyone and is not necessary

American Samoa

A timeline of how the fuel crisis impacted on the Pacific

The executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia, Sarah Schwartz

Asia Report

Saige England: Praise for Australia’s Jewish Council but NZ’s council is...

The leftwing heart of the Labour Party were upset by Starmer's support for Israel.

Analysis

Palestine Action ‘terror’ sentencing, Starmer resignation but Labour change unlikely over...

Four days before the Kanaky New Caledonia provincial elections, the pro-independence Kanak Workers and Exploited Workers' Union (USTKE) has announced its voting preferences in all three provinces

Elections

Alcohol sales banned in New Caledonia as provincial election approaches