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Climate data from Pacific has deteriorated, says new report

February 9, 2023

Torrential rain lashes West Auckland

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Auckland mayor declares emergency as wild weather lashes NZ’s north

Pacific cyclones

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

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’

Fiji police

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Fiji lifts movement restrictions in wake of TC Harold destruction

Flooding along the Sabeto to Waimalika Road, Fiji

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Heavy rain causes school closures, over 200 in evacuation centres in...

March 18, 2024

Floods in Waitomo

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

January 29, 2023

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Tonga under curfew as kingdom braces for fury of Cyclone Gita

February 12, 2018

Papua New Guinea is reeling from a series of mudslides in the Highlands

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PNG begins wild weather relief operations – 21 killed in mud...

March 15, 2024

American Samoan storms

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American Samoa declares state of emergency over severe storms

July 16, 2022

More than 20 people have been reported dead

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‘Only one meal per day’ – 20 die in PNG Highlands...

March 19, 2024

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Infrawatch blames Philippine dam operators for Cagayan, Isabela floods

November 15, 2020

West Papuans in a solidarity fundraising rally to support for the victims of this month's tropical cyclones in Vanuatu

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Indonesia ‘makes humanitarianism illegal’ for West Papuans – 20 arrests

March 30, 2023

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Tonga welcomes NZ $750,000 aid offer in wake of Gita’s destruction

February 13, 2018

The Waipaoa River, near Gisborne 140223

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Severity of damage ‘not seen in a generation’, says...

February 15, 2023

Damage to South Pentecost villages in the aftermath of last year's Cyclone Lola

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Vanuatu communities growing climate resilience in wake of Cyclone Lola

April 28, 2025

A Pacific protester blows a conch shell horn at the anti-mandate occupation atNZ Parliament

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NZ protest at Parliament enters sixth day – covid cases almost...

February 13, 2022

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‘We’re stuck in the river – please come quickly’ cry before...

April 3, 2018

Torrential rain lashes West Auckland

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Auckland mayor declares emergency as wild weather lashes NZ’s north

January 28, 2023

Uprooted trees on the island of Rota, Northern Marianas

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After Mawar, post-typhoon restoration process begins in Guam

May 26, 2023

The tsunami warning broadcast today for New Caledonia

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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake near Loyalty Islands triggers tsunami threat for Vanuatu,...

May 19, 2023

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

Four deaths in New Zealand following Friday's floods

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NZ police confirm fourth death after man swept away by floodwaters

January 29, 2023

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

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‘Take care of each other’, says PM Hipkins after assessing Auckland...

January 28, 2023

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Falling trees and downed power poles hinder Tonga’s Gita relief effort

February 14, 2018

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

Thierry Santa NCaledonia

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New Caledonia government collapses amid storm and assets sale crisis

February 4, 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Asia Report

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)

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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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Injured Fiji police officer in checkpoint incident ‘is my daughter’, says...

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

Holy Shit. Cartoon by Mr Fish

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Chris Hedges: The political dysfunction of Trump as God

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Disasters

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

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

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

Author Shana Chandra

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

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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

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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

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