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Free lunch for some Fiji schools, cyclone classroom damage $42m

March 1, 2016

Slips from Vanuatu's earthquake today

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Powerful 7.3 magnitude quake strikes Vanuatu – serious damage in Vila

Screenshot from Port Vila video showing the moment the 7.3 earthquake struck

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Vanuatu quake: Death toll rises – 14 dead, hundreds hurt in 7.3 disaster

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Death toll in Indonesia’s Lombok quake rises to 91

People dig through mud and rocks today after a major landslide at Yambali

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PNG landslide: Thousands on standby for evacuation amid fears of new crisis

The Elders' joint statement says they saw evidence of food and medical aid being denied entry

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Israel deliberately obstructing aid, says former PM Helen Clark

August 13, 2025

Labour MP Jenny Salesa

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Tongan community welcomes official word from Tongan government

January 19, 2022

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Ten primary school children among 80+ people missing on Kiribati ferry

February 1, 2018

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

April 22, 2018

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Palu disaster: Why Indonesia’s tsunamis are so deadly

October 3, 2018

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Fiji baby survives 14 hour cyclone Winston ordeal in esky

February 29, 2016

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Typhoon Usman and nightmarish Christmas holiday times in Bicol

January 25, 2019

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Tongan churches failing to provide climate leadership, says researcher

February 26, 2018

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Ovalau survivors tell their horror stories as $15m aid flows to...

February 26, 2016

An empty Tuffa water tank floats on the Kamininimbit River

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‘We have no clean drinking water’ in quake hit area, says...

March 26, 2024

At least two GP clinics and a pharmacy are among the casualties of the flooding in Lismore, northeast NSW

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After Australia’s floods, the distressing but necessary case for managed retreat

March 14, 2022

Aid for Tonga

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Second day of NZ’s Tonga tsunami emergency fundraiser today

January 22, 2022

Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

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Fiji’s AG blames Tongan tsunami warning delay on ‘agency liaison’

January 18, 2022

A Titirangi house perched precariously on a clifftop

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Auckland thunderstorm: Furore over unsent Civil Defence warning texts

January 28, 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

March 2, 2023

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PNG trial begins for Rabaul Shipping ferry disaster case

Pacific Media Watch -

April 11, 2016

Progressive journalist and presenter Mehdi Hasan

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

Pacific Media Watch -

August 4, 2025

PNG covid testing station

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Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks...

March 18, 2021

The landslide occurred on Sunday in Gazelle district in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province

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Deadly landslide claims 10 lives in PNG’s East New Britain, reports...

April 16, 2026

Supporters collect funds for the victims of Kanjuruhan football stadium tragedy

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Indonesian police asked to stop ‘intimidating witnesses’ over football stadium tragedy

October 10, 2022

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

February 24, 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

Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture

Analysis

Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack...

A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday

Asia Report

Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf

Analysis

Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended...

Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

Analysis

The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

Analysis

New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Analysis

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

Analysis

Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...

A "No more complicity with war crimes" banner at a "Stop Wars" march at Devonport

Analysis

Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what...

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

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

Analysis

New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

Fiji media workers of the Fijian Media Association celebrate a belated World Press Freedom Day in the capital Suva

Democracy

Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Analysis

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

Analysis

Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...