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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

April 29, 2026

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

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

A woman in Jayapura stands next to a collapsed wall after the quake

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4 die, 700 forced to flee as earthquake hits Papuan capital Jayapura

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins (pictured) and Finance Minister Grant Robertson announce a $50 million support package

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hipkins announces recovery taskforce, $50m support

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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Despite taking lead on global stage, Fiji pays price for climate...

February 24, 2016

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Tonga under curfew as kingdom braces for fury of Cyclone Gita

February 12, 2018

Workers load the HMAS Adelaide with supplies for Tonga

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‘Our resources on the ground aren’t enough’, says UN Tonga official

January 23, 2022

Monsignor Vicar Lutoviko Finau

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Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption

January 16, 2023

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Vanuatu orders evacuation of Ambae’s 11,000 people over volcano’s gases

September 28, 2017

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins (pictured) and Finance Minister Grant Robertson announce a $50 million support package

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hipkins announces recovery taskforce, $50m support

February 20, 2023

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Vanuatu President seeks calm, PM says ‘we’re not ready for disasters’

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October 2, 2017

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Stretched by coronavirus pandemic, Vanuatu faces cyclone, Mt Yasur ash

April 7, 2020

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Harsh response lessons abound in wake of PNG’s quake devastation

March 11, 2018

Young Guam students do school work

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Influenza outbreak after Mawar challenges Guam’s evacuation centres

June 16, 2023

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...

December 18, 2024

Auckland's Mt Eden shot tower

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Historic shot tower to be demolished as storm risk

February 20, 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

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Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters

December 9, 2016

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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PM Ardern on covid-19 vaccine for children, booster doses and Tonga

January 17, 2022

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

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown (left) fronting a media conference

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Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the Great Flood

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January 31, 2023

tsunami wave crashes into a Tongan house

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Former Fiji journalist in Tonga tells of family’s flight from crashing...

January 16, 2022

Fresh fish at a wet market

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How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade

April 15, 2023

All smiles FTimes

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Graham Davis: Fat-cat leaders laughing in the face of Fiji’s suffering

March 1, 2021

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

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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

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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

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

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Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Starlink green light . . . good news for many Papua New Guineans

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Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

A decision on the waste-to-energy proposal can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review

Environment

Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project

EDITOR'S PICKS

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

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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

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

Asia Report

Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel