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Villagers of Fiji’s Koro island relay their horrific tales

February 24, 2016

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‘It’s up to God and the land’ on Vanuatu’s Ambae volcano isle

A #VForVaccinated banner in Tonga

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Three new covid-19 cases in Tonga as kingdom enters lockdown

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

A house on the banks of Nelson's flooded Maitai River

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Hundreds evacuated in NZ’s South Island floods – state of emergency

TC Harold

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Restricted movement on Viti Levu as TC Harold hammers Fiji

April 8, 2020

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

Pacific Media Watch -

March 7, 2016

Vanuatu local authorities have been working around the clock since Tuesday to try to locate and rescue people trapped in the Port Vila rubble left by the magnitude 7.3 earthquake this week

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Vanuatu quake: Rescue teams continue Port Vila hunt for survivors

December 19, 2024

HMAS Adelaide alongside Nuku'alofa wharf

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Tonga to enter lockdown after port workers test positive for covid-19

February 2, 2022

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Vanuatu declares state of emergency over erupting volcano

September 26, 2017

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Urgent call for help on Kadavu island after Keni’s Fiji devastation

April 12, 2018

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Challenges on the ground in PNG Highlands – what people really...

March 10, 2018

Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau announcing the declaration of a state of emergency 020323

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PM Kalsakau in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares emergency as new storm bears...

March 3, 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

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Infrawatch blames Philippine dam operators for Cagayan, Isabela floods

November 15, 2020

Fiji covid pandemic crisis worsens 120621

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Fiji disaster unfolds as nation breaks daily covid record with 94...

June 12, 2021

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Fiji’s provident fund frees up $5.3m for natural disaster assistance

April 22, 2018

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NZ Foreign Minister questions China’s influence in the Pacific

Pacific Media Watch -

March 4, 2018

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

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Fiji death toll rises to 5 as Winston leaves devastation

February 21, 2016

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

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Prepared? Yes, but devastation of Winston was overwhelming

February 26, 2016

TC Yasa

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Thousands still in evacuation centres in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa

December 30, 2020

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Fiji baby survives 14 hour cyclone Winston ordeal in esky

February 29, 2016

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PNG trial begins for Rabaul Shipping ferry disaster case

Pacific Media Watch -

April 11, 2016

New Zealand protesters at the weekly demonstration against the Israeli genocide in Gaza in Auckland

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Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former...

August 1, 2025

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Ambae Manaro volcano’s crater lakes make it a serious threat to...

September 30, 2017

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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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Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua

The mainstream media is doing what it always does in wartime: manufacturing consent, sanitizing atrocities and platforming war criminals

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The reporting on Iran and Gaza the US-Israel war machine can’t...

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

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

PSNA co-chair John Minto

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Sanitising atrocities by the US or Israel and finding excuses is...

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the streets of Tehran

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US War Secretary taunts Iranian leadership for ‘hiding’ while they are...

Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson

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War on Iran: ‘It’s abominable, the lies that the American mainstream...

Producer Victor Mambor (left) and director Dandhy Dwi Laksono of Pesta Babi (Pig Feast)

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‘The world should see this’, say Papua deforestation doco filmmakers

US President Trump holds a meeting in the Situation Room at the White House

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Four possible outcomes with the war on Iran – but only...

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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

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the streets of Tehran

Asia Report

US War Secretary taunts Iranian leadership for ‘hiding’ while they are...

Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson

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War on Iran: ‘It’s abominable, the lies that the American mainstream...

TVNZ 1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver

Cook Islands

‘There’s volatile times ahead’ for the Pacific, warns Barbara Dreaver

Far-right Israelis and relatives of the soldiers gather in front of a military court building and stage a protest

Asia Report

Charges dropped against 5 soldiers accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainee...