Tag: Rescue

RNZ Pacific The survivors of a massive landslide in a remote village in Papua New Guinea's highlands are still waiting for official help, more than...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has commended Papua New Guinea's police, defence force and the local community for their quick...

By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby In what is described as a "significant relief", seven Papua New Guinea teachers and their families were rescued from...

RNZ Pacific More than 400 workers from the Pacific evacuated to a Napier church during Cyclone Gabrielle should be able to return to more permanent...

By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist In the midst of all the destruction from Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand, Pasifika voices singing songs of...

RNZ News As a huge effort ramps up in Aotearoa New Zealand to restore essential services to thousands of people in Tairāwhiti and Hawke's Bay,...

RNZ News Indonesian police and military have launched a joint mission to rescue a New Zealand pilot who was seized by rebels as a hostage...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has visited Goilala’s remote Saki village near Tolukuma gold mine in the Goilala district...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Central Governor Robert Agorobe at Saki, Papua New Guinea It was with a heavy heart when we flew into the landslide disaster...

By Harlyne Joku in Port Moresby Bad weather has delayed the second relief supplies drop to Papua New Guinea's landslide victims at Saki village near...

Homes and bridges destroyed in Papua province by landslides triggered by torrential rainfall - the death toll is now 89. Video: Euronews Pacific Media Centre...

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

A Danish diver involved in the mission to successfully save 12 boys and their football coach from flooded Tham Luang cave in Thailand has...

OPINION: By Dan McGarry It happens every time disaster strikes in the developing world. The inhabitants of the place become background players in a drama...

By Dan McGarry on Santo Only the howling of dogs can be heard now in Ambae’s abandoned villages. The entire population has now been moved...

Locals evacuate Ambae island as Manaro Voui volcano threatens to erupt in Vanuatu. – Video: Guardian Wires By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila New observations...

By Anita Roberts in Port Vila Vanuatu sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and though it is accustomed to being hit by cyclones and...

Smoke billows from Vanuatu’s Manaro Voui volcano on Ambae island. Video: The Guardian ANALYSIS: By Chris Firth If you turned on the television this week, you...

By Anita Roberts in Port Vila The Penama Provincial Disaster and Climate Change Committee is facing a number of challenges in its efforts to help...