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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

Fiji police

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Fiji lifts movement restrictions in wake of TC Harold destruction

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14 confirmed dead in PNG Highlands quake, aftershocks

twin catastrophic threats of climate change and a pandemic

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Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than covid. A mental health crisis is looming

Flooding in Napier NZ

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Death toll rises to 11, Civil Defence targets isolated communities

The flag of Hawai'i waves beside a sign reading "Tourist(s) Keep Out" in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires

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Native Hawai’ian official blames colonisation, climate change for wildfires

August 18, 2023

Independent writer Eugene Doyle

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Eugene Doyle: Writing in the time of the Gaza genocide

June 2, 2025

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Vanuatu evacuates 8000 villagers on Ambae as volcano erupts

September 24, 2017

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

All smiles FTimes

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Graham Davis: Fat-cat leaders laughing in the face of Fiji’s suffering

March 1, 2021

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Australian doctors to be flown into PNG’s quake-stricken areas

March 14, 2018

Flooding at Auckland International Airport

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Three dead, at least one missing, and airport closes in Auckland...

January 28, 2023

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’

March 6, 2023

A flooded Wairoa bridge

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NZ Defence Force starts supplying stricken Wairoa with food, water

February 15, 2023

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PNG quake-hit communities plead for relief aid to ‘bypass’ government

March 16, 2018

Moonset after TC Harold

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When Tropical Cyclone Harold meets the novel coronavirus

April 22, 2020

Coronavirus graphic

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Pacific coronavirus: Cyclone Harold leaves death, destruction

April 12, 2020

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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Protests mount over massacre of Filipino farmers in climate demo

April 8, 2016

Tonga's violent eruption was caused by a volcano that lies under hundreds of metres of seawater

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A year on, we know why the Tongan eruption was so...

January 15, 2023

Flooding on the corner of Seabrooke and Margan avenues in New Lynn

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Nick Rockel: When the public’s important at election time, but not...

January 28, 2023

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

NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters

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Why NZ must act against Israel’s ethnic cleansing and genocide

May 29, 2025

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

March 7, 2025

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Hard to fight nature, but Fiji deserves better house building

March 12, 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

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown (left) fronting a media conference

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Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the Great Flood

Pacific Media Watch -

January 31, 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

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Community members in Iowa protest against the US-Israeli war on Iran

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New Zealand ‘shameful’ over Iran stance, says Peace Movement Aotearoa

The PNG Correctional Service headquarters where the alleged assault took place

Crime

PNG Media Council calls for police probe into alleged assault over...

"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...

“The safety of journalists is non-negotiable. War must under no circumstances hinder the work of the press," says RSF

Analysis

War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Protesters wave flags and banners reading “Stop Bombing Iran” and “Stop Bombing the Middle East” as they gather at Victoria Tower Gardens in London

Asia Report

Thousands of protesters in London demand end to US, Israeli war...

A mourner attends the funeral of child killed in a strike on a primary school in Minab, Hormozgan province, at the start of the US-Israel war on Iran

Analysis

165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes...

“The safety of journalists is non-negotiable. War must under no circumstances hinder the work of the press," says RSF

Analysis

War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid...

Mourners dig graves for the funeral of 170 children killed in a US-Israeli strike on a primary school

Analysis

This illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran is also an assault on...

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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

Protesters wave flags and banners reading “Stop Bombing Iran” and “Stop Bombing the Middle East” as they gather at Victoria Tower Gardens in London

Asia Report

Thousands of protesters in London demand end to US, Israeli war...

A mourner attends the funeral of child killed in a strike on a primary school in Minab, Hormozgan province, at the start of the US-Israel war on Iran

Analysis

165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes...

“The safety of journalists is non-negotiable. War must under no circumstances hinder the work of the press," says RSF

Analysis

War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid...

An oil tanker docked at the Port of Lyttelton, New Zealand

Analysis

US-Israel’s war on Iran – mostly negative scenarios for the Pacific