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Survivor Tevita 'Amaka

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Tonga eruption: ‘The tsunami came, taking down electric poles, trees’

January 15, 2023

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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No reports of deaths in Tongan volcano tsunami, says NZ prime minister

Dramatic increases in food prices always mean there is a famine, even though not every famine is accompanied by rising food costs

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Soaring food prices prove the Gaza famine is real – and will affect generations to come

Satellite images of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano before and after the 15-01-2022 eruption.

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Anxious Tongans in NZ await volcano news from home: ‘It’s painful, you just feel hopeless’

The podcast takes the listener into a room in Seattle, Washington, in 1984, where Greenpeace International leader Steve Sawyer met for the first time with Jeton Anjain

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How Jeton Anjain planned the Rongelap evacuation – new Rainbow Warrior podcast series

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Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters

December 9, 2016

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Fiji’s ruined houses need better building in wake of Winston

March 5, 2016

Pro-Palestinian protesters at a New Zealand solidarity rally in Auckland

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Israel’s endgame for tormented Gaza is political and physical erasure

April 25, 2025

Disaster news coverage

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Gavin Ellis: Thank God for news media in a storm

Pacific Media Watch -

February 16, 2023

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Typhoon Mangkhut devastates north of Philippines with at least 64 dead

University of Santo Tomas Journalism -

September 16, 2018

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

March 7, 2025

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How Jack Mawe died trying to save his wife and child...

March 4, 2018

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Shortwave radio saves lives and foreign aid dollars, says McGarry

August 4, 2018

Monsignor Vicar Lutoviko Finau

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Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption

January 16, 2023

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Fiji police chief warns parents to ‘be sensible’ over child safety

February 23, 2016

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Vanuatu pressing ahead with Ambae volcano island evacuation plan

April 20, 2018

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Chaos in Palu after quake and tsunami as survivors deal with...

October 2, 2018

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

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Devastating Cyclone Keni moves out of Fijian waters, clean up begins

Pacific Media Watch -

April 11, 2018

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Massive Cyclone Pam disaster aid – good intentions but much unusable

February 19, 2018

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Counting the cost of PNG’s devastating earthquake – many uncertainties

March 10, 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

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

NZ Defence Force bring evacuees from Waiohiki to Hastings

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Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll now 7 – PM Hipkins warns...

February 17, 2023

A Tongan grandmother shares her tsunami story

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Tonga’s tsunami: ‘Nana! There’s a wave coming … Nana! It’s...

January 25, 2022

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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Ocean at ‘breaking point’: Pacific angst at latest climate report

October 3, 2019

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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

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

Disasters

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

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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

The RFMF has assured the Fiji public that "there is no threat to public safety"

Crime

Fiji military puts public ‘on notice’ citing national security threats

Iranian Ambassador Reza Nazar Ahari

Asia Report

Iranian envoy slams ‘rule of the jungle’ in criticism of NZ...

Israel’s attack on Lebanon was “one of the deadliest single bombing campaigns

Analysis

‘Ten minutes of terror’ – Lebanon death toll tops 300 from...

Tehran believes the United Arab Emirates has been playing an active role in the US-Israeli war on Iran

Analysis

Divide and rule – how UAE is Israel’s ‘Trojan horse’ in...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Analysis

Iran trolls Trump with AI-generated LEGO video – now ‘banned’

Asia Report

Gallery: Standing up for the people of Iran . . ....

A "dove of peace" in Iran

Analysis

Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their...

Iranian negotiators flew to Pakistan on a plane they called “Minab 168” as a tribute to the 168 people - mostly schoolgirls - killed in a US missile strike on an elementary school in the city of Minab on February 28

Analysis

Iran threatens retaliation over Gulf ‘piracy’ in Trump’s naval blockade

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 Jeremiah Manele

Elections

Solomon Islands PM challenges court order to face no-confidence vote within...

Tehran believes the United Arab Emirates has been playing an active role in the US-Israeli war on Iran

Analysis

Divide and rule – how UAE is Israel’s ‘Trojan horse’ in...

Analysis

Iran trolls Trump with AI-generated LEGO video – now ‘banned’

Asia Report

Gallery: Standing up for the people of Iran . . ....