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Fiji’s devastated Tukuraki village moves to new site after landslide

October 29, 2017

The northern Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa (pop. 8000) flooded

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa cut off amid NZ devastation, woman dies after bank collapses on home

Flooding in Tahiti's Teahupo’o village

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Tahiti disaster expected to be called after Teahupo’o village flooded

Little Ima and PM James Marape

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Little Ima puts a question to PM Marape for Mulitaka survivors

A P-3K2 Orion aircraft flies over Nomuka island

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Gallery: What the NZ air crew saw at Tonga’s Nomuka – a choking carpet of volcanic ash

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Village relocation provides new hope for Fiji’s devastated Tukuraki

April 27, 2017

American Samoan storms

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American Samoa declares state of emergency over severe storms

July 16, 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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Challenges on the ground in PNG Highlands – what people really...

March 10, 2018

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Fiji family mourns death of mechanic killed in NZ tornado

June 21, 2021

Solidarity from another decolonisation struggle - West Papua

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Phil Goff: Israel doesn’t care how many innocent people it’s killing...

June 1, 2025

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Baliau village apologises for assault on PNG’s volcano island journalist

Pacific Media Watch -

August 30, 2018

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K150m released to PNG’s earthquake-ravaged districts in more relief efforts

March 6, 2018

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

February 1, 2018

Cleaning up Tonga's volcano ashfall

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Why no warning sirens before Tonga’s deadly tsunami hit? Minister unclear

January 27, 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

Ni-Vanuatu RSE workers helping unload donations after Cyclone Gabrielle

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Vanuatu RSE workers ‘safe and cared for’, say officials

March 1, 2023

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Solomon Islands students help out Fiji victims of TC Harold restore...

May 9, 2020

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

March 5, 2016

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

Iran says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire

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‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back...

April 8, 2026

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The man I never knew – a tribute to a PNG...

January 6, 2018

Rescue operations underway on a commercial building flattened by the earthquake in Vanuatu 17 Dec 2024

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Buildings ‘pancaked’ in Vanuatu as 7.3 magnitude quake strikes off capital...

December 17, 2024

Filipino rescuers at work in Mangcayo barangay near Vinzons, Bicol

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Remote Mangcayo school among areas hit by Typhoon Kristine floods

October 28, 2024

Panguna mine . . . the flooding

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Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities

June 7, 2023

NZ Pacific People's Minister Aupito William Sio

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Aupito to attend Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji instead of Mahuta

July 6, 2022

PNG highlanders look for signs of life or bodies buried under the rubble at Yambali village today after it was buried in a massive landslide in Enga province yesterday

Disasters

PNG landslide: Survivors of highlands disaster desperately seeking help

May 25, 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

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

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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

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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"

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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

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‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...

The New Caledonian freighter MV Karaka

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New Caledonian freight vessel begins service to Vanuatu despite diplomatic row

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Crime

Fiji army commander admits military ‘at fault’ for custody death

"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

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

EDITOR'S PICKS

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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

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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

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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

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

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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

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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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...