Tag: State of emergency
Post-Courier: Draconian and dangerous move
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier
Last year, the Papua New Guinea government moved in a subtle way into the Fourth Estate.
It tried to -- and...
Masiu vows 10-day shutdown of PNG’s social media after capital riots
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Communications Minister Timothy Masiu has announced stringent measures to control social media in the country for the next 10 days...
Aftermath of Port Moresby looting, rioting – 14-day state of emergency
By Miriam Zarriga and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Fires from the 24-hour spate of looting, rioting and mayhem in Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby...
PNG opposition calls for emergency over Highlands naked body killings
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's opposition has called on Prime Minister James Marape to immediately recall Parliament to address the escalating killings in the upper...
Lāhainā ‘completely wiped out’ – US declares Maui wildfires disaster as...
By Felix Walton, RNZ News reporter
A New Zealander on holiday in Maui says the wildfires devastating the Hawai'ian island are unlike anything he has...
Heavy rain, thunderstorms spark local emergency in Auckland
RNZ News
A state of local emergency has been declared in Aotearoa New Zealand's largest city Auckland today as heavy rain and thunderstorms affect the...
PM Kalsakau in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares emergency as new storm bears...
RNZ Pacific
A state of emergency has been declared in Vanuatu following the damage to infrastructure and homes left by severe tropical cyclone Judy.
It comes...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Severity of damage ‘not seen in a generation’, says...
RNZ News
At least 2500 people have been displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle this week, says Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty.
About 1000 of those are in...
Cyclone Gabrielle: The science behind its massive power
RNZ News
It has been a soggy few weeks for Aotearoa New Zealand's upper North Island, with late January's Auckland downpour and now, Cyclone Gabrielle.
States...
Northland declares state of emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ
RNZ News
Northland has declared a state of emergency and the Auckland Harbour Bridge has been closed as steady rain and strong winds from Cyclone...
Flash flood impacted Pasifika communities in NZ on alert
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Many Pasifika families affected by the flash floods and torrential rainfall that have lashed New Zealand's North Island over...
Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the Great Flood
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
It is unlikely that the Mayor of Auckland, Wayne Brown, took any lessons from the city’s devastating floods but the rest...
Flood-hit Māngere family thanks community support in disaster
By Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific correspondent
The Moungavalu family in Aotearoa New Zealand are grateful to be alive.
Their Māngere home in Auckland, along with others...
Gallery: Massive volunteer effort in tackling Auckland’s floods
By Red Tsounga
First came the devastating flash floods in Auckland on Friday night. Then came the huge effort to help families evacuate to community...
NZ floods: Heavy rain hits Waikato, Waitomo and derails train
RNZ News
The belt of torrential rain which has brought flooding and slips across northern New Zealand is currently mainly centred over the Waikato and...
‘Take care of each other’, says PM Hipkins after assessing Auckland...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has acknowledged the way Aucklanders have come together and opened their homes to those in need, with the New...
Auckland thunderstorm: Furore over unsent Civil Defence warning texts
RNZ News
Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty has asked for communication on support after the severe thunderstorm in Auckland to be stepped up.
It comes...
Nick Rockel: When the public’s important at election time, but not...
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel in Tāmaki Makaurau
The weather is all over the show, the storm water system clearly hopelessly inadequate, the house prices are...
Three dead, at least one missing, and airport closes in Auckland...
RNZ News
Three people are dead and at least one person is missing following the flooding overnight in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city.
About 1000 people...
Hundreds evacuated in NZ’s South Island floods – state of emergency
RNZ News
Hundreds of people in Nelson in Aotearoa New Zealand's South Island spent the night out of their homes and a state of emergency...
Moresby police chief rejects call for capital curfew after election violence
By Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby
National Capital District Metropolitan Police Superintendent Gideon Ikumu has ruled out a proposal to impose a curfew in the...
18 people hacked to death in Porgera in under an hour...
By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier
A brutal massacre in Porgera town yesterday afternoon in which 18 innocent people were killed has rocked Enga...