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

April 26, 2018

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

Climate

New research highlights potential cost of climate resilience for Pacific countries

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

A water spout off the Bay of Plenty coast near Waihi where a tornado hit

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Tornado hits Waihi Beach amid more wild weather in NZ

PNG highlanders look for signs of life or bodies buried under the rubble at Yambali village today after it was buried in a massive landslide in Enga province yesterday

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PNG landslide: Survivors of highlands disaster desperately seeking help

May 25, 2024

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Salacieli, 10, tells of her Fiji night of terror as her...

February 22, 2016

Climate crisis and the Israeli war on Gaza

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Climate crisis: The carbon footprint of the Gaza genocide

January 23, 2025

Leonora Tumala shares her frustration after their homes in Daet were crushed by a tree in the typhoon

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80 Camarines Norte barangays isolated after Typhoon Uwan hits Philippines

November 11, 2025

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Toxic smoke chokes region as Indonesian rainforests burn

September 18, 2019

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...

April 27, 2026

Hunga-Ha’apai and Hunga-Tonga erupting in Tonga

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Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what...

January 16, 2022

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PNG’s Manam volcano erupts again, forcing islanders to evacuate

August 25, 2018

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

Coronavirus graphic

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Pacific coronavirus: Cyclone Harold leaves death, destruction

April 12, 2020

RFMF Territorial Brigade soldiers taking part in the three-day Operation Genesis exercises in Fiji

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Joint Fiji forces tackle civil strife, flash flood crisis and rebels...

March 21, 2025

Saki landslide

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PNG Prime Minister Marape visits Saki landslide disaster site

January 7, 2021

Volunteer rescuers from Auckland's Muriwai lifeguard squad

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Auckland floods a future sign – city needs stormwater systems fit...

January 29, 2023

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Fallen hero saves trapped 5 – but dies trying to rescue...

February 23, 2016

Atatā island, Tonga 18012022

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

January 19, 2022

Vanuatu, which drove the UN move, is celebrating a global climate victory

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Vanuatu hails ‘historic resolution’ in climate battle on the world stage

March 31, 2023

Hawai'i Governor Josh Green talks to Face the Nation

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Struggling Maui residents now ‘pleading’ for tourists to return

August 25, 2023

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31 deaths so far in PNG quake, but ‘hit-and-miss’ on rural...

March 1, 2018

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14 confirmed dead in PNG Highlands quake, aftershocks

February 28, 2018

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Gallery: Vanuatu ‘welcomes all’ to rebuilt traditional chiefs’ nakamal meeting house

March 7, 2025

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Shortwave radio saves lives and foreign aid dollars, says McGarry

August 4, 2018

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29 people dead, 89 injured as Fiji sets up cyclone Winston...

February 23, 2016

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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

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

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

Indonesian military forces conduct operations in Intan Jaya, Papua province

Asia Report

Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands

PSNA secretary Neil Scott

Asia Report

Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on...

A protester at the Anzac Day rally in Auckland Tamaki Makaurau today

Asia Report

PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war...

EDITOR'S PICKS

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

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

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