Tag: Earthquakes

RNZ's Insight visits Papua New Guinea, which is due to host an APEC Leaders Summit next month. Video: RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea is about...

ANALYSIS: By Dr Anja Scheffers The magnitude 7.5 earthquake, and subsequent tsunami, that struck Indonesia days ago has resulted in at least 1,200 deaths. Authorities are...

By Ruslan Sangadji and Andi Hajramurni in Palu, Indonesia In the wake of mass destruction caused by Indonesia's 7.4-magnitude earthquake and the subsequent tsunami, survivors...

Special report by Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific "We have no home, our village is devastated, therefore I have to move my people to another...

Rescuers are still struggling to get to parts of Lombok island to assess the full extent of the damage from the earthquake. Video: Al...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The death toll in a powerful magnitude-7 earthquake which rocked Lombok and Sumbawa Islands in Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara province last...

By Johnny Blades of Radio NZ Pacific An ongoing security crisis in Papua New Guinea's Hela province is preventing many earthquake-affected communities receiving relief. February's magnitude...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The 6.9-magnitude earthquake that shook the Big Island on Friday and was felt as far away as Oahu was the strongest...

SPECIAL REPORT: Anton Lutz in Mougulu profiles what life is like on the border of Western Province and Hela at the epicentre three weeks...

As relief supplies continue to be delivered to earthquake affected communities, there is another looming disaster over water, reports EMTV News. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk People...

A 100 candles vigil was held in the Papuan capital city of Port Numbay (Jayapura) this week and people gathered to raise funds and...

By Jean Bell in Auckland A loose collection of elite groups shape the global language and thinking around food safety in the nuclear era, says...

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says 20 helicopters have now been deployed on Papua New Guinea's disaster relief operations. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Australian...

BRIEFING: By Sylvester Gawi in Tari, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea's Highlands earthquake disaster has brought to light some of the many things that...

By Scott Waide, EMTV journalist and blogger Survivors in Papua New Guinea's earthquake in the Highlands face tough challenges. And so do the relief agencies...

SPECIAL REPORT: Shirley Mauludu in Port Moresby reports on the earthquake which hit parts of three Highlands provinces almost two weeks ago, leaving behind...

EMTV's Scott Waide reports from the earthquake zone. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Papua New Guinea Defence Force has deployed 70 soldiers from Port Moresby to...

By Sylvester Gawi in Limu village, Hela, Papua New Guinea Thousands of people have been displaced and are still waiting for relief assistance in disaster...

By Sylvester Gawi in Mendi Local community leaders have taken charge of care centres in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea as they...

By Scott Waide of EMTV News While the multibillion dollar mammoth petroleum company Exxon declared “force majeur” and another counted its financial losses, one family...

Communities struck by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Papua New Guinea's Hela province remain confused as aftershocks continue. Despite the arrival of National Disaster...

Professor Chalapan Kaluwin of the University of Papua New Guinea's School of Natural and Physical Sciences says the country should prepare itself for more...