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Palau suffers worsening drought – emergency declared

March 28, 2016

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

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

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Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what to expect next

A little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of New Zealand's Parliament on the air has been cited as a threat to AM broadcasting's future

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Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under threat?

Sriwijaya Air wreckage

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

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

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

Ponsonby mosque child

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

March 19, 2019

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

March 4, 2018

Israel has repeatedly violated the ceasefire deal

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Hamas report to mediators accuses Israel of pervasive Gaza ceasefire violations

February 12, 2025

Atatā island, Tonga 18012022

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

January 19, 2022

Labour MP Jenny Salesa

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Tongan community welcomes official word from Tongan government

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

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Global research project examines ‘social impact’ of natural disasters

October 24, 2017

twin catastrophic threats of climate change and a pandemic

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Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than covid....

August 7, 2021

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Vanuatu evacuates 8000 villagers on Ambae as volcano erupts

September 24, 2017

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

Flooding in Dili 1

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Severe floods hit Timor-Leste capital Dili in Easter disaster

April 4, 2021

Fiji covid pandemic crisis worsens 120621

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Fiji disaster unfolds as nation breaks daily covid record with 94...

June 12, 2021

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

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Hard to fight nature, but Fiji deserves better house building

March 12, 2016

Recovering the bodies of the 14 first responders from the shallow graves where they were executed by Israeli forces in Rafah, southern Gaza

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Red Crescent Palestinians massacre: Global rule of law masquerade is over

April 2, 2025

Motorists try to flee a tsunami wave on the foreshore in the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa

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Tonga volcano eruption and tsunami – 120 evacuated in NZ’s Far...

January 16, 2022

Distributing water to ‘Eueiki

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Concern grows over psychological trauma amid Tonga’s recovery

January 25, 2022

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Fiji community in NZ rally in support for disaster aftermath

February 24, 2016

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‘Hurricane’ Winston – we’re lucky catastrophe didn’t strike Suva

Pacific Media Watch -

March 7, 2016

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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

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Family pleas for kidnapped 3 Kiwis as Gaza flotilla demands global...

“My son,” a woman screamed in Gaza

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Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

Analysis

Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...

An Auckland Writers' Festival vigil with Marika (left) and Kathy

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Palestine on patrol – how a flag-dress caused a writers’ stir...

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New Caledonia’s special electoral card for Congress and provincial elections

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French Senate endorses change to New Caledonia’s ‘frozen’ electoral roll

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Greenpeace calls on global govts to ensure safety of Gaza flotilla...

Israeli military intervene in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea to seize the Global Sumud Fleet

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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

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

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Family pleas for kidnapped 3 Kiwis as Gaza flotilla demands global...

"The message is clear to every current or aspiring Republican politician: Be a toady to Trump, or you’re out."

Analysis

Robert Reich: Has Trump’s Republican Party become a criminal enterprise?

New Caledonia’s special electoral card for Congress and provincial elections

Decolonisation

French Senate endorses change to New Caledonia’s ‘frozen’ electoral roll

Israeli soldiers board a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla vessel and hold the crew at gunpoint

Asia Report

Greenpeace calls on global govts to ensure safety of Gaza flotilla...