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Marshall Islands Red Cross staff administering Moderna vaccine in Majuro

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WHO declares public health emergency for Marshall Islands

August 16, 2022

A massive NZ rescue and aid operation follows the devastation left by Cyclone Gabrielle, especially in the Hawke's Bay and Gisborne regions

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Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll rises, ‘grave concerns’ for several missing

Flames and a column of smoke in New Caledonia's capital Nouméa during 2024 riots

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New Caledonia riots one year on: ‘Like the country was at war’

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

Floods in Waitomo

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NZ floods: Heavy rain hits Waikato, Waitomo and derails train

January 29, 2023

Climate

New research highlights potential cost of climate resilience for Pacific countries

July 28, 2016

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NZ Foreign Minister questions China’s influence in the Pacific

Pacific Media Watch -

March 4, 2018

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

July 6, 2025

Saki landslide

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PNG Prime Minister Marape visits Saki landslide disaster site

January 7, 2021

Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark

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NZ ‘lagging behind’ world by failing to recognise Palestinian statehood, says...

August 1, 2025

Survivor Tevita 'Amaka

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Tonga eruption: ‘The tsunami came, taking down electric poles, trees’

January 15, 2023

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Despite taking lead on global stage, Fiji pays price for climate...

February 24, 2016

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Koro’s nightmare – no chance for the people against Winston’s fury

February 24, 2016

The global Nakba Day protest with marchers today in Queen Street in New Zealand's largest city Auckland

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‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says...

May 17, 2025

Saki landslide

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Bad weather hampers PNG landslide relief – two bodies found,...

December 31, 2020

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Cyclone Pam – one year later: Brennan, 13, tells his story

March 12, 2016

HMNZS Wellington deploys dive teams in Tonga

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Tonga’s King Tupou VI offers hope to families who lost relatives...

January 21, 2022

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Mounting death toll tops 102 after strong quake hits Aceh buildings

December 8, 2016

The back yard of Samoan community advocate Paul Mark's home in Mangere

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One month after Auckland floods Pasifika people still in temp housing

March 2, 2023

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Harsh response lessons abound in wake of PNG’s quake devastation

March 11, 2018

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Disaster risk reduction event in West Papua a boost for sustainability

October 23, 2017

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Howling dogs all that’s left in volcano island Ambae’s empty villages

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

Cleaning up Tonga's volcano ashfall

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Why no warning sirens before Tonga’s deadly tsunami hit? Minister unclear

January 27, 2022

A #VForVaccinated banner in Tonga

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

February 3, 2022

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Chaos in Palu after quake and tsunami as survivors deal with...

October 2, 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

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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Starlink green light . . . good news for many Papua New Guineans

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Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...

Under international law -- if anyone still pays attention to such things -- the Iranians have a strong case

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being...

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

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As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

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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

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

Asia Report

Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel