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Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

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

January 18, 2022

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Destruction and construction – Tukuraki’s lonely story of survival

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Mediawatch on Gabrielle: ‘I’m proud to be working on this newspaper’

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown (left) fronting a media conference

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Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the Great Flood

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 supplies

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

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

January 28, 2023

An Uncle Sam puppet with blood on his hands held aloft by pro-Palestinian protesters in Auckland, New Zealand

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Israel backing Gaza ‘gangs’ to create unlivable chaos, says academic

August 2, 2025

The landslide devastation at Yambili village

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Local officials fear fate of 300 missing people in remote PNG...

May 25, 2024

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Raging winds batter capital Suva as Cyclone Winston hits Fiji

February 21, 2016

A P-3K2 Orion aircraft flies over Nomuka island

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Gallery: What the NZ air crew saw at Tonga’s Nomuka –...

January 18, 2022

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...

February 22, 2023

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Tourists flee Lombok as Indonesian quake death toll hits 98

August 7, 2018

HMAS Adelaide alongside Nuku'alofa wharf

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Tonga to enter lockdown after port workers test positive for covid-19

February 2, 2022

An Eskdale road sign . . . one of the most devastated areas by Cyclone Gabrielle

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Cyclone Gabrielle: More heavy rain for NZ’s disaster-hit northern regions

February 24, 2023

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Ovalau survivors tell their horror stories as $15m aid flows to...

February 26, 2016

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Cyclone Donna leaves northern Vanuatu, heads for New Caledonia

Pacific Media Watch -

May 8, 2017

Monsignor Vicar Lutoviko Finau

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Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption

January 16, 2023

Matilda Koma

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

January 2, 2021

Theonila Roka Matbob, lead complainant

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

December 8, 2024

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

February 12, 2018

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

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

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US worried about losing out in South Pacific to Chinese influence

February 6, 2022

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

February 27, 2016

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Monster TC Harold wreaks havoc in Vanuatu – communications lost

April 7, 2020

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

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

Four deaths in New Zealand following Friday's floods

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NZ police confirm fourth death after man swept away by floodwaters

January 29, 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

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

Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

Analysis

The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself...

Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture

Analysis

Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack...

"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...

Scenes from the Bondi Royal Commission

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NSW antisemitism hearings ‘drowned’ in the Bondi Royal Commission

EDITOR'S PICKS

Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi

Asia Report

Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

Asia Report

‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

Analysis

New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Analysis

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

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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

Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi

Asia Report

Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

Asia Report

‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

Analysis

New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Analysis

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...