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Monsignor Vicar Lutoviko Finau

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Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption

January 16, 2023

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Palau suffers worsening drought – emergency declared

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PNG trial begins for Rabaul Shipping ferry disaster case

Thirty tonnes of Indonesian disaster relief supplies

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Indonesia sends disaster aid supplies to Vanuatu – warning over West Papua

Aid after Vanuatu's cyclones Judy and Kelvin

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Vanuatu minister says harvests will take time to recover after cyclones

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Fiji community in NZ rally in support for disaster aftermath

February 24, 2016

RSE worker Taylor Crichton and church volunteer Fuimaono Nathan Pulega at Napier

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Help for more than 400 evacuated Pacific RSE workers

February 22, 2023

Cyclone Yasa

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Fiji declares state of disaster as TC Yasa wreaks havoc in...

December 18, 2020

Moruroa files

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

March 18, 2021

Victims of the Papua New Guinea earthquake on Sunday from Wauko village being treated in Angau Hospital after being airlifted to Lae

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Quake buries three alive in Wau as PNG reports death toll...

September 13, 2022

Mango island, Tonga

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Tongan government confirms all homes on Mango destroyed, fears death toll...

January 19, 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’s provident fund frees up $5.3m for natural disaster assistance

April 22, 2018

A woman in Jayapura stands next to a collapsed wall after the quake

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4 die, 700 forced to flee as earthquake hits Papuan capital...

February 11, 2023

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Vanuatu rescuers face tough challenges over Ambae volcano evacuation

September 27, 2017

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Solomon Islands students help out Fiji victims of TC Harold restore...

May 9, 2020

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Death toll in Indonesia’s Lombok quake rises to 91

August 6, 2018

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

February 12, 2018

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

April 28, 2025

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Death toll from Papuan floods, mudslides rises to 89

March 20, 2019

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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Hard to fight nature, but Fiji deserves better house building

March 12, 2016

NZ Defence Force bring evacuees from Waiohiki to Hastings

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Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll now 7 – PM Hipkins warns...

February 17, 2023

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Massive Cyclone Pam disaster aid – good intentions but much unusable

February 19, 2018

Vanuatu rescuers search for trapped people after yesterday's 7.3 earthquake struck Port Vila

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Vanuatu quake: Services still down nearly 24 hours after Port Vila...

December 18, 2024

A flooded road on Vanuatu's Efate island after Tropical Cyclone Kevin struck

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Tropical Cyclone Kevin lashes Port Vila with destructive winds and heavy...

March 6, 2023

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins visiting the Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa Hub in Māngere

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Flash flood impacted Pasifika communities in NZ on alert

February 1, 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

Nouméa voters queue at the Town Hall after polling places opened

Elections

Heavy security deployed as New Caledonia’s crucial elections begin

This latest UN report is significant because it focuses specifically on children

Analysis

A UN report details the ‘overwhelming’ scale of children killed in...

Protesters in New Zealand's largest city, Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau

Analysis

The West called it terrorism – Iran called it the architecture...

A Papuan casualty on Monday

Asia Report

Indonesian soldiers accused of wounding two Papuan teenagers in Titigi

EDITOR'S PICKS

A poster highlighting the New Zealand government's role in the Western complicity over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Gaza genocide – how many UN findings will the West ignore?

Northern provincial President Paul Néaoutine, first elected in 1999, has been reelected

Decolonisation

Horse-trading in New Caledonia over provincial presidency elections

"Bread and bullets" by Mr Fish

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Requiem for America on the Fourth of July

A TPNPB resistance fighter stands guard on the charred aircraft remains

Asia Report

Fears of more conflict in West Papua after American pilot killed

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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

A poster highlighting the New Zealand government's role in the Western complicity over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Gaza genocide – how many UN findings will the West ignore?

Northern provincial President Paul Néaoutine, first elected in 1999, has been reelected

Decolonisation

Horse-trading in New Caledonia over provincial presidency elections

"Bread and bullets" by Mr Fish

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Requiem for America on the Fourth of July

A TPNPB resistance fighter stands guard on the charred aircraft remains

Asia Report

Fears of more conflict in West Papua after American pilot killed