Tag: natural disasters
Buildings ‘pancaked’ in Vanuatu as 7.3 magnitude quake strikes off capital...
By Stefan Armbruster and Harry Pearl of BenarNews
A strong 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu today, US geologists said, severely damaging...
New Zealand’s role in helping bring peace to Kanaky New Caledonia
COMMENTARY: By Teanau Tuiono
There is an important story to be told behind the story Aotearoa New Zealand's mainstream media has been reporting on in...
Marape accuses ‘rogue police’ of being part of Port Moresby’s riots
By Gorethy Kenneth and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Rogue police officers have been alleged to be part of last Wednesday’s uprising of opportunists leading...
Fiji hosts US-led multinational military exercises on Pacific ‘threats’
RNZ Pacific
Mortar demonstrations involving military forces from five nations have taken place in Fiji.
The tactical field training exercise called Exercise Cartwheel was a US...
Covering Tonga’s volcano eruption – without communications
This video shares the ham radio communication efforts for disaster relief after the Hungas twin eruotions in Tonga on January 15. Video: Ham...
Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific
New Zealand has long had a privileged relationship with its Pacific neighbours. Now, in the dawning era of the climate crisis affecting millions of...
Chaos in Palu after quake and tsunami as survivors deal with...
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...
Boe climate and security pact big step forward, but lacks a...
The major item on the agenda at last week’s Pacific Islands Forum was climate change. However, a gender gap appears to be at play...
Typhoon Mangkhut devastates north of Philippines with at least 64 dead
Typhoon Mangkhut as seen from the foyer of the of the Mira de Polaris hotel about 15 km from the heart of San Nicolas....
Climate change, disasters feature in joint Indonesia-NZ media journal
By Rahul Bhattarai
A local Indonesian community leader has praised the co-publication of a climate change and disasters edition of Pacific Journalism Review launched at...
Harsh response lessons abound in wake of PNG’s quake devastation
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...
Challenges on the ground in PNG Highlands – what people really...
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...
Counting the cost of PNG’s devastating earthquake – many uncertainties
SPECIAL REPORT: Shirley Mauludu in Port Moresby reports on the earthquake which hit parts of three Highlands provinces almost two weeks ago, leaving behind...
Tiny Timbulsloko fights back in face of Indonesia’s ‘ecological disaster’
Drone views of the village of Timbulsloko showing the scale of coastal erosion and sinking flatlands in an area that once used to be...
Global research project examines ‘social impact’ of natural disasters
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
How Indonesian society manages in the face of natural disasters is the focus of a global research collaboration as part...
