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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

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Vanuatu’s mass exodus from volcano island Ambae under way

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds more NZ unaccounted for now located

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PNG trial begins for Rabaul Shipping ferry disaster case

NZ Defence Force bring evacuees from Waiohiki to Hastings

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Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll now 7 – PM Hipkins warns of more fatalities

Filipino investigative journalist Manny "Bok" Mogato

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‘In my early days, I was reckless,’ says Pultizer winner Manny...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 13, 2025

Fiji police

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Fiji lifts movement restrictions in wake of TC Harold destruction

April 9, 2020

Hunga-Ha’apai and Hunga-Tonga erupting in Tonga

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Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what...

January 16, 2022

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Vanuatu rescuers face tough challenges over Ambae volcano evacuation

September 27, 2017

Saki disaster

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At the heart of the Goilala landslide disaster – prayers for the...

January 2, 2021

Hunga-Ha’apai and Hunga-Tonga erupting in Tonga

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Tonga volcano eruption: PM reflects ahead of one-year anniversary of disaster

January 14, 2023

Marshall Islands Red Cross staff administering Moderna vaccine in Majuro

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WHO declares public health emergency for Marshall Islands

August 16, 2022

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How mining and militarisation led to an HIV epidemic in Indonesia’s...

November 26, 2016

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Palau suffers worsening drought – emergency declared

March 28, 2016

The global Nakba Day protest with marchers today in Queen Street in New Zealand's largest city Auckland

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‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says...

May 17, 2025

Cityscape

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Rich and poor don’t recover equally from epidemics – target: rebuild...

May 26, 2020

A national state of emergency declared in Aotearoa New Zealand

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NZ declares national emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle unleashes fury across...

February 14, 2023

Nuku'alofa port before and after the volcano eruption and tsunami

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Safety at Tonga port being checked for arrival of more humanitarian...

January 21, 2022

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

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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Village on the broken mountain – the plight of PNG’s quake-hit...

August 21, 2018

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

October 2, 2018

Theonila Roka Matbob, lead complainant

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Panguna human rights report fuels Bougainville demands for Rio Tinto-funded mine...

December 8, 2024

Red Tsounga with the volunteer team from the Whānau Hub

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Gallery: After Auckland’s flash floods, it’s community clean-up time

February 5, 2023

Cleaning up Tonga's volcano ashfall

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Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after Cyclone Winston

February 5, 2022

Volcanic ash carpets Nomuka on Tonga's

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Tonga eruption: New Zealand sends two navy ships with supplies, water

January 18, 2022

A group of schoolchildren boarding a military aircraft

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Quake-shocked New Caledonian children repatriated from Vanuatu

December 22, 2024

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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

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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

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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

Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Elections

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

The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”

Asia Report

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

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

US President Donald Trump (left) and Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei

Analysis

Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Dr Rami Khouri

Asia Report

US, Israel ‘forced into two ceasefires’ as regional balance of power...

Uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz

Analysis

Trump is blustering as usual but in reality praying for Iran...

Alternative Jewish Voices radio at Wellington Access Radio 106.1FM

Civil Society

Alternative Jewish Voices launches new access radio programme

"Israel’s supporters in the West have launched the biggest assault on free speech since the height of McCarthyism"

Analysis

Owen Jones: At The Telegraph, journalist support for Israel is now...

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

Dr Rami Khouri

Asia Report

US, Israel ‘forced into two ceasefires’ as regional balance of power...

Uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz

Analysis

Trump is blustering as usual but in reality praying for Iran...

Alternative Jewish Voices radio at Wellington Access Radio 106.1FM

Civil Society

Alternative Jewish Voices launches new access radio programme

Invoking the Pacific's Biketawa Declaration

Asia Report

Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges