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Bay View cyclone survivor Maureen Dorr holds her dog Pancho

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Cyclone Gabrielle zone: ‘I’d call it an apocalypse’ says survivor – death toll 9

February 18, 2023

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Shortwave radio saves lives and foreign aid dollars, says McGarry

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Fallen hero saves trapped 5 – but dies trying to rescue 15

The tsunami waves, caused by a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia, have now rolled on southeastward toward South America

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Pacific avoids major damage after powerful quake off Russia

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds more NZ unaccounted for now located

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Tongan churches failing to provide climate leadership, says researcher

February 26, 2018

Floods in Waitomo

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

January 29, 2023

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

Disasters

Soaring food prices prove the Gaza famine is real – and...

August 6, 2025

Climate

New research highlights potential cost of climate resilience for Pacific countries

July 28, 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

Supporters collect funds for the victims of Kanjuruhan football stadium tragedy

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Indonesian police asked to stop ‘intimidating witnesses’ over football stadium tragedy

October 10, 2022

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Australian doctors to be flown into PNG’s quake-stricken areas

March 14, 2018

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Palu quake and tsunami sweeps away key Indonesian human rights activism

October 8, 2018

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Protests mount over massacre of Filipino farmers in climate demo

April 8, 2016

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Daku has a climate message for the world: ‘Tell them to...

April 27, 2016

Pacific cyclones

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Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season

October 24, 2022

The flag of Hawai'i waves beside a sign reading "Tourist(s) Keep Out" in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires

Disasters

Native Hawai’ian official blames colonisation, climate change for wildfires

August 18, 2023

Aid after Vanuatu's cyclones Judy and Kelvin

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Vanuatu minister says harvests will take time to recover after cyclones

March 23, 2023

Saki landslide

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Bad weather hampers PNG landslide relief – two bodies found,...

December 31, 2020

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Ambae is Vanuatu’s story, not just a global media backdrop

Pacific Media Watch -

October 5, 2017

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14 confirmed dead in PNG Highlands quake, aftershocks

February 28, 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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Tonga’s Parliament seeks temporary home after Gita smashed old House

February 15, 2018

New Zealand's Urban Search and Rescue

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Vanuatu quake: Warnings as bad weather threat looms for Port Vila

December 22, 2024

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...

December 5, 2024

A house on the banks of Nelson's flooded Maitai River

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Hundreds evacuated in NZ’s South Island floods – state of emergency

August 18, 2022

Fiji's Viliame Gavoka and AG Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

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SODELPA leader blasts PM, Attorney-General over Fiji covid ‘recklessness’

July 6, 2021

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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

"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

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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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

Shattered homes . . . community leaders at Port Moresby's Paga Hill settlement

Civil Society

Academic’s warning over PNG settlement evictions – doomed to failure?

1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver

Cook Islands

Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

Iranian women hold photos of children who are killed by US-Israeli attacks, including a massacre at a Minab girls’ school that killed around 175 people

Analysis

’10 classrooms full of children’ – US-Israeli war kills hundreds of...

The Heritage Foundation

China

Trump-aligned think tank proposes ‘Pacific Charter’, greater US involvement in the...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Producer Victor Mambor (left) and director Dandhy Dwi Laksono of Pesta Babi (Pig Feast)

Asia Report

‘The world should see this’, say Papua deforestation doco filmmakers

US President Trump holds a meeting in the Situation Room at the White House

Analysis

Four possible outcomes with the war on Iran – but only...

PSNA co-chair John Minto

Asia Report

Sanitising atrocities by the US or Israel and finding excuses is...

From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu, Israeli leaders built a doctrine of psychological dominance

Analysis

Ramzy Baroud: Israel’s greatest weapon was fear – and it’s 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

Producer Victor Mambor (left) and director Dandhy Dwi Laksono of Pesta Babi (Pig Feast)

Asia Report

‘The world should see this’, say Papua deforestation doco filmmakers

US President Trump holds a meeting in the Situation Room at the White House

Analysis

Four possible outcomes with the war on Iran – but only...

PSNA co-chair John Minto

Asia Report

Sanitising atrocities by the US or Israel and finding excuses is...

The Heritage Foundation

China

Trump-aligned think tank proposes ‘Pacific Charter’, greater US involvement in the...