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Auckland's flash floods 2023

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Nick Young: NZ’s climate floods expose stark truth – people paying price of corporate greed crisis

February 2, 2023

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

NZ Pacific People's Minister Aupito William Sio

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Aupito to attend Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji instead of Mahuta

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

Gaza children's empty plates

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As Israel blocks more UN aid, Gaza is on the brink of ‘most intense famine’ since WW2

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Baliau village apologises for assault on PNG’s volcano island journalist

Pacific Media Watch -

August 30, 2018

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WJEC16: Media failing in reporting climate change, say educators

July 16, 2016

Floods in Waitomo

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

January 29, 2023

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NZ sending more Defence Force engineers to assist Fiji

February 28, 2016

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

Fijians in the capital Suva celebrate the end of 16 years of authoritarian rule - eight years of military dictatorship followed by a rigid "democracy".

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David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano

December 31, 2022

Recovery and humanitarian workers ramp up efforts on Maui island

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Anger over failure of sirens to go off as wildfire swept...

August 17, 2023

The tsunami waves, caused by a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia, have now rolled on southeastward toward South America

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Pacific avoids major damage after powerful quake off Russia

July 31, 2025

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Vanuatu President seeks calm, PM says ‘we’re not ready for disasters’

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October 2, 2017

Saki landslide

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PNG Prime Minister Marape visits Saki landslide disaster site

January 7, 2021

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (second from right) visits the Engan landslide area

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12 reportedly dead after tribal clashes near PNG landslide in Enga

June 1, 2024

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

February 21, 2016

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

Pacific Media Watch -

March 7, 2016

Sriwijaya Air wreckage

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Body parts found at Sriwijaya Air crash site in Indonesia –...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 10, 2021

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42 dead and relief focuses on hardest-hit, says Fiji UN...

February 25, 2016

Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark

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

August 1, 2025

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Life after the PNG quakes and more really tough decisions ahead

Pacific Media Centre -

March 27, 2018

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...

January 21, 2022

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Rabi landslide? Not a big problem, horseback and walking the answer

April 26, 2018

Thirty tonnes of Indonesian disaster relief supplies

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

May 9, 2023

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

Slips from Vanuatu's earthquake today

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Powerful 7.3 magnitude quake strikes Vanuatu – serious damage in Vila

December 17, 2024

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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

The whistleblowing soldiers of 1967 admitted their job was not to “fight the enemy” – or “eradicate the terrorists”, as Israeli leaders now term it. It was to kill and terrorise Palestinian civilians

Analysis

Jonathan Cook: How Israel planned the Gaza genocide decades ago

China and Australia among powers competing for Pacific influence

Asia Report

Alifereti Sakiasi: The geopolitical battle for Pacific media narratives

Presentation of the UC-FLNKS candidates among the 24 party lists presented to contest the Kanaky New Caledonian provincial elections

Civil Society

New Caledonia’s political parties finalise line-up for provincial elections

Norwegian physician Dr Mads Gilbert

Asia Report

Doctor Israel banned after 40 years in Gaza’s hospitals speaks out

EDITOR'S PICKS

Iran deal proves one thing

Analysis

Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far...

PSNA national organiser John Minto

Asia Report

Veteran activist John Minto gets $10,000 from NZ police after unlawful...

Gaza Sumud flotilla survivors: Juliet Lamont, Isla Lamont, Neve O'Connor

Asia Report

A world first: Australia will now investigate Israel over Gaza flotilla...

Fiji human rights advocate Shamima Ali

Crime

Calls to dismantle joint taskforce rejected by Fiji govt despite brutality...

MOST COMMENTS

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

Iran deal proves one thing

Analysis

Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far...

PSNA national organiser John Minto

Asia Report

Veteran activist John Minto gets $10,000 from NZ police after unlawful...

Former NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Democracy

Former NZ PM Jacinda Ardern donates book, media earnings to homelessness...

Gaza Sumud flotilla survivors: Juliet Lamont, Isla Lamont, Neve O'Connor

Asia Report

A world first: Australia will now investigate Israel over Gaza flotilla...