Tag: Survival
Nakba Day – 75 years of Palestinian statelessness, but also persistence
NAKBA DAY ADDRESS: By Rand Hazou
Although Israelis celebrate 1948 as the birth of the Jewish nation, for Palestinians this date is referred to as...
Tonga eruption: ‘The tsunami came, taking down electric poles, trees’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
On the first anniversary of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption two men share how they survived...
How Fiji’s Antonio escaped death from ‘normal flu’ that was actually...
By Josefa Babitu in Suva
If it was not for his friend who broke into his home after he was gasping for air, Antonio Ratuvili...
PNG sex workers plead for help after one gang-raped, beaten, left...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Sex workers have urged the Papua New Guinea government to pass a law to protect them after one of...
Where’s the Pacific voice in the viral ‘real Lord of the...
By Mong Palatino of Global Voices
A book excerpt published by The Guardian narrates the survival of six shipwrecked Tongan boys on an island...
Fiji baby survives 14 hour cyclone Winston ordeal in esky
By Serafina Silaitoga of the Fiji Times
Eight-month-old Waseroma Rasavou survived 14 hours in an esky cooler as the savage tropical storm battered a remote...
