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The landslide at Yambali village

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PNG landslide buried ‘more than 2000 people alive’: Rescue teams navigate unstable terrain, infighting

May 27, 2024

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Ardern mission for post-Gita visit to Tonga, Samoa, Niue and Cook Islands

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

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

Dramatic increases in food prices always mean there is a famine, even though not every famine is accompanied by rising food costs

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Soaring food prices prove the Gaza famine is real – and will affect generations to come

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

Climate crisis and the Israeli war on Gaza

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Climate crisis: The carbon footprint of the Gaza genocide

January 23, 2025

Crime reports as the post-cyclone Gabrielle clean-up operations continue

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Police report number of uncontactable people down to single...

February 26, 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

Monsignor Vicar Lutoviko Finau

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Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption

January 16, 2023

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Tropical cyclone Winston leaves trail of destruction, 1 dead as Fiji...

February 21, 2016

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West Papuans launch quake appeal for survivors in PNG Highlands

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March 15, 2018

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Eight die in Papua plane crash – teenager boy lone survivor

August 13, 2018

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Daku has a climate message for the world: ‘Tell them to...

April 27, 2016

Another shelter day for the Tangata Tuārangi RSE workers

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Pasifika songs of gratitude ring out across Hawke’s Bay

February 18, 2023

Atatā island, Tonga 18012022

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

January 19, 2022

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Fiji family mourns death of mechanic killed in NZ tornado

June 21, 2021

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

March 11, 2018

The podcast takes the listener into a room in Seattle, Washington, in 1984, where Greenpeace International leader Steve Sawyer met for the first time with Jeton Anjain

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How Jeton Anjain planned the Rongelap evacuation – new Rainbow Warrior...

December 5, 2024

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The man I never knew – a tribute to a PNG...

January 6, 2018

King Tupou VI

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Tongan King calls for unity as he vows to rebuild amid...

January 29, 2022

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NZ Foreign Minister questions China’s influence in the Pacific

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March 4, 2018

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds more NZ unaccounted for now located

February 22, 2023

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Mata’afa Keni Lesa: Cyclone Gita’s over but remember Ofa’s vengeance

February 11, 2018

Theonila Roka Matbob, lead complainant

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

December 8, 2024

The Esk Valley in Hawke's Bay on Tuesday

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Cyclone Gabrielle: New weather warnings for flood-hit NZ regions

February 23, 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

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Lives ‘turned upside down . . . destroyed’, says...

February 20, 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

"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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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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

Former Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte

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Duterte’s ICC pre-trial in The Hague: What prosecution, victims, defence say...

Physicist and peace advocate Dr Peter Wills

Asia Report

NZ rally slams Five Eyes intelligence ties hours before US-Israel attack...

Israel and US stage joint attacks on Tehran

Asia Report

‘We warned you,’ says Iran’s national security chief after Israel-US attacks

New UK Green Party member Hannah Spencer

Decolonisation

Local plumber Hannah Spencer beats both Reform and Labour to win...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Assassinated in the US-Israel attacks . . . Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Analysis

US-Israel’s war of aggression – Epic Fury or Epic Screw-up?

"Trouble is brewing in the West, as people realise just how controlled their rulers are."

Analysis

12 reasons why a huge split is opening up in the...

Solomon Islands National University's vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Asia Report

Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict

If the US can install another puppet in Tehran as obedient as the Shah after the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s refineries will once again be at the mercy of US oil companies

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Why the US has no credible reason or credible...

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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

Assassinated in the US-Israel attacks . . . Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Analysis

US-Israel’s war of aggression – Epic Fury or Epic Screw-up?

"Trouble is brewing in the West, as people realise just how controlled their rulers are."

Analysis

12 reasons why a huge split is opening up in the...

Opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins

Asia Report

NZ’s opposition leader Chris Hipkins says US-Israel strikes illegal

Solomon Islands National University's vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Asia Report

Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict