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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 local media

April 16, 2026

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

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29 people dead, 89 injured as Fiji sets up cyclone Winston action plan

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Fiji’s AG welcomes relaxed provident fund rules for cyclone aid

Floods in Waitomo

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NZ floods: Heavy rain hits Waikato, Waitomo and derails train

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

March 6, 2018

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Ambae Manaro volcano’s crater lakes make it a serious threat to...

September 30, 2017

The Vanuatu ferry MV Matui

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Vanuatu ferry disaster: ‘It’s a miracle anyone survived,’ says rescuer

September 14, 2026

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Tonga under curfew as kingdom braces for fury of Cyclone Gita

February 12, 2018

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West Papuans launch quake appeal for survivors in PNG Highlands

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March 15, 2018

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

March 1, 2016

Vanuatu, which drove the UN move, is celebrating a global climate victory

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Vanuatu hails ‘historic resolution’ in climate battle on the world stage

March 31, 2023

An aerial shot of the new 2024 RNZ Pacific transmitter

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RNZ Pacific – 35 years of broadcasting trusted news to the...

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January 25, 2025

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

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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Life after the PNG quakes and more really tough decisions ahead

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March 27, 2018

A group of schoolchildren boarding a military aircraft

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Quake-shocked New Caledonian children repatriated from Vanuatu

December 22, 2024

Monsignor Vicar Lutoviko Finau

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Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption

January 16, 2023

Sriwijaya Air wreckage

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Body parts found at Sriwijaya Air crash site in Indonesia –...

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January 10, 2021

Flames and a column of smoke in New Caledonia's capital Nouméa during 2024 riots

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New Caledonia riots one year on: ‘Like the country was at...

May 13, 2025

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

March 5, 2016

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PNG’s Manam volcano erupts again, forcing islanders to evacuate

August 25, 2018

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Tongan churches failing to provide climate leadership, says researcher

February 26, 2018

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Fiji community in NZ rally in support for disaster aftermath

February 24, 2016

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Protests mount over massacre of Filipino farmers in climate demo

April 8, 2016

NBC Five Mile fire

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Two children die as fire guts PNG’s national broadcaster units

August 28, 2021

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

March 10, 2018

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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

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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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

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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...

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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.

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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

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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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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The Solomon Islands coat of arms on Parliament buildings in Honiara

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

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