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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 double to 810

February 13, 2022

Chaos at Nadzab Airport in Lae, PNG

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Chaos as PNG airlines cancel flights with majority of staff off sick

Naqali Bridge, Fiji 200121

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Curfew safety uproar in Fiji as TC Ana strikes – Soko apologises for decision

Nacula village rescue

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TC Ana hits Fiji: Nacula villagers evacuated to community hall

Torrential rain lashes West Auckland

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

Flooding in Tahiti's Teahupo’o village

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

May 4, 2023

The Esk Valley in Hawke's Bay on Tuesday

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Cyclone Gabrielle: New weather warnings for flood-hit NZ regions

February 23, 2023

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

Chaos at Nadzab Airport in Lae, PNG

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Chaos as PNG airlines cancel flights with majority of staff off...

February 4, 2022

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

A freak wave smashes through doors at the Roi-Namur space tracking facility

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Freak waves cause damage at US army base at Roi-Namur, shut...

January 22, 2024

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

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...

April 16, 2026

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Tropical Cyclone Gita leaves trail of destruction in Tonga

February 13, 2018

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Massive Cyclone Pam disaster aid – good intentions but much unusable

February 19, 2018

Port Vila-based journalist Dan McGarry has a big clean up on his hands

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Vanuatu residents ‘exhausted’ after two wild cyclones in three days

March 4, 2023

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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Mata’afa Keni Lesa: Cyclone Gita’s over but remember Ofa’s vengeance

February 11, 2018

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Cyclone Donna leaves northern Vanuatu, heads for New Caledonia

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May 8, 2017

Nacula village rescue

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TC Ana hits Fiji: Nacula villagers evacuated to community hall

January 31, 2021

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Monster TC Harold wreaks havoc in Vanuatu – communications lost

April 7, 2020

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

Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau announcing the declaration of a state of emergency 020323

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PM Kalsakau in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares emergency as new storm bears...

March 3, 2023

A Fiji Meteorological Service media liaison officer

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Climate data from Pacific has deteriorated, says new report

February 9, 2023

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

The rush is on for sandbags in Auckland

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Red weather warnings as Cyclone Gabrielle makes NZ landfall

February 12, 2023

Auckland as Cyclone Gabrielle hits

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Cyclone Gabrielle lashes NZ’s North Island – Whāngarei basin residents told...

February 13, 2023

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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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Winners of the Goldman Environmental Award winners, 2026

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Bougainville advocate among all-women lineup winning Goldman Environmental prize

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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Under international law -- if anyone still pays attention to such things -- the Iranians have a strong case

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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‘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