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    • Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman
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Satellite images of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano before and after the 15-01-2022 eruption.
Disasters

Anxious Tongans in NZ await volcano news from home: ‘It’s painful,...

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January 17, 2022
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Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki
Coronavirus

Brian Tamaki remanded in custody for alleged breach of bail conditions

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January 17, 2022
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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Coronavirus

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

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January 17, 2022
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Tsunami waves in Tonga
Disasters

NZ Air Force plane leaves for Tonga to assess volcano eruption...

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January 17, 2022
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Former Tahiti president Gaston Flosse
Elections

Veteran Tahiti politician Flosse accuses France of causing his ‘political death’

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January 17, 2022
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A vehicle being swept away by the tsunami wave on 'Euavideo
Disasters

Tsunami wave hits Tonga’s ‘Eua royal palace gate as vehicles try...

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January 16, 2022
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tsunami wave crashes into a Tongan house
Disasters

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

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January 16, 2022
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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Disasters

No reports of deaths in Tongan volcano tsunami, says NZ prime...

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January 16, 2022
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Motorists try to flee a tsunami wave on the foreshore in the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofavideo
Disasters

Tonga volcano eruption and tsunami – 120 evacuated in NZ’s Far...

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January 16, 2022
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Hunga-Ha’apai and Hunga-Tonga erupting in Tonga
Disasters

Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what...

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January 16, 2022
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Tsunami flooding in the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa
Disasters

New tsunami warning in NZ, Samoa as volcano waves hit Tonga’s...

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January 15, 2022
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Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano eruption
Pacific Report

Tonga tsunami warning lifted but volcano still monitored

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January 15, 2022
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University of Auckland
Analysis

What does ‘academic freedom’ mean in practice? Why the Siouxsie Wiles...

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January 14, 2022
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Kepari Leniata
Crime

Still no justice for PNG sorcery burning victim Kepari Leniata after...

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January 14, 2022
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Cook Islands travel bubble
Cook Islands

Cook Islands reopens border with vaccinated New Zealanders

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January 14, 2022
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Journalist Isaac Nicholas
Media

Isaac ‘Iron’ Nicholas, the fearless PNG reporter who led from the...

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January 14, 2022
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Edouard Fritch & Gaston Flosse
Democracy

Tahiti’s Flosse banned from public office after latest court defeat

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January 14, 2022
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CNMI Governor Ralph Torres
Democracy

Northern Marianas governor Torres impeached over corruption allegations

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January 13, 2022
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Front page report in the Post-Courier 120122
Crime

PNG Post-Courier: ‘Laughing stock’ sorcery issue way out of control

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January 13, 2022
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French pharmacies are taken by storm to carry out covid-19 tests
Coronavirus

Omicron part of everyday life, say New Zealanders living overseas

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January 13, 2022
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NZ police
Human Rights

NZ police tighten rules on photos of youth, but concerns still...

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January 12, 2022
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
Bougainville

‘Don’t enter Solomon Islands’ pleads Sogavare with Bougainvilleans

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January 12, 2022
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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

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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

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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
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)
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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Abducted NZ Gaza flotilla campaigner Sean Janssen
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‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla...

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Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session

Pacific media in action .
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The New Caledonian freighter MV Karaka
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New Caledonian freight vessel begins service to Vanuatu despite diplomatic row

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Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

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Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack...

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MOST COMMENTS

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

Jacinda Ardern
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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

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman
Democracy

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

Pacific media in action .
Crime

Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear
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The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself...

Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture
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Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack...

Editor's Picks

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

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Pacific media in action .

Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

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Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself...

May 13, 2026
Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture

Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack...

May 13, 2026
Activist Mike Smith

‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...

May 12, 2026
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