Tag: Port Vila
Quake-shocked New Caledonian children repatriated from Vanuatu
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Twenty New Caledonian children who suffered the shock of Port Vila's 7.3 magnitude earthquake have been...
Vanuatu quake: ‘Our shop was flattened like a deck of cards’
By 1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver and 1News reporters
A number of Kiwis have been successfully evacuated from Vanuatu after a devastating earthquake shook the...
Vanuatu quake: Rescue teams continue Port Vila hunt for survivors
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific news editor
There are conflicting reports of the official death toll from this week's massive earthquake in Vanuatu as rescue...
Vanuatu quake: Hospitals under pressure as death, damage toll grows
By Harry Pearl of BenarNews
Vanuatu is taking stock of damage from a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake that has killed at least 14 people and...
Vanuatu quake: Death toll rises – 14 dead, hundreds hurt in...
RNZ News
The death toll from Vanuatu's 7.3 earthquake is expected to rise because concrete buildings have collapsed with people inside in the capital Port...
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...
Powerful 7.3 magnitude quake strikes Vanuatu – serious damage in Vila
RNZ Pacific
A large 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Vanuatu's capital Port Vila , shortly after 3pm NZT today.
The US Geological...
Macron to ditch Noumea Accord for self-determination and introduce new statute...
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific contributing journalist
French president Emmanuel Macron says he will forge ahead with processing a new statute for New Caledonia, replacing...
Back-to-back cyclones in Vanuatu – stories of survival in ‘tough go’
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
People in Vanuatu remain optimistic about their future after two destructive cyclones in two days left parts of the...
Tropical Cyclone Kevin lashes Port Vila with destructive winds and heavy...
Asia Pacific Report
Vanuatu has been under a state of emergency, after two earthquakes and two cyclones hit in as many days, reports ABC News.
Hundreds...
Vanuatu residents ‘exhausted’ after two wild cyclones in three days
RNZ Pacific
Ni-Vanuatu residents have emerged battered but still standing after Cyclone Kevin swiped the country with a strong backhand.
"It was quite exhausting. Dealing with...
Vanuatu snap election: International observers arrive for key vote
By Hiliare Bule, RNZ News correspondent in Port Vila
Forty nine regional and international observers have arrived in Vanuatu to monitor the running of...
Residents torch own homes rather than let Vanuatu police destroy them
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Port Vila
Scores of homes near the Vanuatu capital Port Vila which were deemed illegal dwellings have been...
World Bank grant to boost Vanuatu reforms for squatter settlements
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Port Vila
A VT2 billion grant from the World Bank Group is set to reform unplanned urban settlements...
Vanuatu offers warm welcome to Papuan independence campaigner
RNZ Pacific
The president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua, Benny Wenda, has arrived to a warm welcome in Port Vila from London...
Baseless rumours: why talk of Chinese military base in Vanuatu misses...
BRIEFING: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
The "news" this week that Vanuatu was to be the site of a Chinese military base caught most...
Vanuatu airport runway repairs usher in new tourism era
A ceremony on Friday marked the completion of the first phase of rehabilitation for Vanuatu’s Port Vila Bauerfield Airport and ushered in a new...
