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Fiji lifts movement restrictions in wake of TC Harold destruction

April 9, 2020

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Fiji’s devastated Tukuraki village moves to new site after landslide

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24 Pacific students gain special climate change resilience training

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Hard to fight nature, but Fiji deserves better house building

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

Aid after Vanuatu's cyclones Judy and Kelvin

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Vanuatu minister says harvests will take time to recover after cyclones

March 23, 2023

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

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October 2, 2017

twin catastrophic threats of climate change and a pandemic

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Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than covid....

August 7, 2021

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Cyclone Winston damage in Fiji runs to $476m, says disaster office

March 8, 2016

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Vanuatu evacuates 8000 villagers on Ambae as volcano erupts

September 24, 2017

The majestic 150-year-old banyan tree in front of the historic courthouse in Lahaina still stands following destructive wildfires on Maui

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‘Everyone was in panic mode’: Lāhainā resident tells of wildfire escape

August 12, 2023

Marshall Islands firefighters try to contain the Nitijela (Parliament) fire

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‘All destroyed’: Fire engulfs Marshall Islands parliament complex

August 26, 2025

Progressive journalist and presenter Mehdi Hasan

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Debunked – Israel’s top 10 lies on Gaza, as exposed by...

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August 4, 2025

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Danger lurks but tales of heroism are emerging, says Fiji Times...

February 24, 2016

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

February 12, 2018

Aerial pictures of the tsunami damage on Fonoifua

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Overwhelming sense of relief that ‘apocalyptic’ Tongan tsunami spared most lives

January 23, 2022

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Fiji family mourns death of mechanic killed in NZ tornado

June 21, 2021

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Vanuatu’s mass exodus from volcano island Ambae under way

September 29, 2017

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Vanuatu orders evacuation of Ambae’s 11,000 people over volcano’s gases

September 28, 2017

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Vanuatu pressing ahead with Ambae volcano island evacuation plan

April 20, 2018

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

Vanuatu Daily Post journalist Doddy Morris

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Ni-Vanuatu journalist Doddy Morris balances grief and duty in the aftermath...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 26, 2025

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

A slip at Tauranga in New Zealand's North Island split this house in half

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Call NZ’s catastrophic deluge a ‘climate disaster’, says Greenpeace

January 30, 2023

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Author David Robie tells of outrage over sinking of the Rainbow...

July 9, 2025

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Vanuatu too slow to act over cyclone disaster planning, claims Kalsakau

February 26, 2016

Damage from the weekend earthquake at Birimon primary school in Deyamos LLG district in PNG's Morobe province

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4 killed, fears death toll may rise in massive PNG weekend...

September 12, 2022

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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

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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...

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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

Peace movement historian Maire Leadbeater

Asia Report

Shane te Pou: Matua Pita Tipene, I wish you weren’t in...

Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo

Democracy

Sacked Solomon Islands finance minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent

Secular Jewish socialist and peace activist Tony Greenstein

Analysis

The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs...

Pro-Palestine activists at a public meeting in Auckland last night planning for the New Zealand share of the Global March for Palestine

Asia Report

PSNA raps NZ govt over ‘haphazard’ foreign policy and mixed messages

EDITOR'S PICKS

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

Development

France commits more financial help to struggling New Caledonia

Peace movement historian Maire Leadbeater

Asia Report

Shane te Pou: Matua Pita Tipene, I wish you weren’t in...

Indonesian Embassy response on West Papua

Asia Report

UN human rights commissioner visit to West Papua on track, says...

A Chinese strategic nuclear submarine launched a warhead-carrying missile in July

Asia Report

Pacific Islands Forum winds up by condemning China nuclear test

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

Protester Craig Tynan "shows the flag"

Asia Report

Palestine protesters renew ‘don’t buy Israeli’ pledge, demand NZ sanction Israel

Rescue teams in Nepal are working around the clock to reach workers trapped

Disasters

Tibetan community shocked by devastation from Nepal flash flood

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

Development

France commits more financial help to struggling New Caledonia

Peace movement historian Maire Leadbeater

Asia Report

Shane te Pou: Matua Pita Tipene, I wish you weren’t in...