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EARTHQUAKE JOLTS NEW ZEALAND; TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED


New Zealand emergency services warned that a tsunami was possible and told people near the coast of the South Island to move to higher ground... READ MORE

13th November, 2016 22605

PACIFIC ISLANDS MAKE LAST-DITCH PLEA TO WORLD BEFORE PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS


Children here in the Pacific talk about climate change like children elsewhere talk about school or TV... READ MORE

1st November, 2015 4747

TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED AFTER HUGE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NEW ZEALAND


A 7.8-magnitude earthquake has struck in the south island of New Zealand... READ MORE

13th November, 2016 3518

DEVASTATED VANUATU STARTS TO GET AID


Aid from Australia and New Zealand has begun to reach the island... READ MORE

15th March, 2015 2967

FIRST PICTURES OF NEW ISLAND FORMED BY UNDERWATER VOLCANO


Revealed First pictures of new island formed by underwater volcano... READ MORE

13th March, 2015 1442

NEW ZEALAND ISN'T AN ISLAND AFTER ALL; SCIENTISTS SAY IT'S THE TIP OF A 'HIDDEN CONTINENT'


As measured by human landmarks, Zealandia encompasses New Zealand and the island of New Caledonia about 1,500 miles to the north... READ MORE

20th February, 2017 1128

CYCLONE HITS ISLAND NATION OF VANUATU KILLING 8


Vanuatu has a population of 270,000, and about 50,000 live in Port-Vila... READ MORE

15th March, 2015 997

'SEVERE' EARTHQUAKE CLOSE TO CHRISTCHURCH RESULTS IN INJURIES AND CLIFF COLLAPSE


Paramedics responding to calls for help after 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand's South Island, which is still recovering from a fatal quake in 2011... READ MORE

14th February, 2016 994

'THIS IS NOT POLITICS, IT'S SURVIVAL'


Sydney Pacific island nations under threat from rising seas have warned that climate talks in Paris represent the last chance to save them from obliteration... READ MORE

8th September, 2015 929

B.C. WOMAN TRIES TO SMUGGLE HER CAT INTO NEW ZEALAND


He said foreign cats could bring with them ticks and diseases that aren't present in New Zealand... READ MORE

22nd December, 2016 771

CYCLONE PAM: VANUATU DEATH TOLL RISES AS AUSTRALIA PLEDGES $5M IN AID AS IT HAPPENED


New Zealand is upping its financial and logistics support for Vanuatu in the wake of cyclone Pam, AAP reports... READ MORE

15th March, 2015 531

PACIFIC LEADERS VOICE FRUSTRATION OVER AUSTRALIA'S POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE


Australia and New Zealand are the economic powerhouses among the 16 nations making up the Pacific Islands Forum... READ MORE

8th September, 2015 510

HOW MORE THAN 13,000 PLANT SPECIES HAVE MADE A NEW HOME IN FOREIGN LANDS


This is probably explained by the vulnerability of islands to invasive species caused by their long geographical isolation which was shattered by European exploration... READ MORE

20th August, 2015 284

HEADLINES 'EXAGGERATED' CLIMATE LINK TO SINKING OF PACIFIC ISLANDS


The major misunderstanding stems from the conflation of sea-level rise with climate change... READ MORE

11th May, 2016 159

'MORE THAN 100,000' HOMELESS IN VANUATU AS PRESIDENT MAKES EMOTIONAL PLEA FOR CYCLONE PAM AID


'More than 100,000' homeless in Vanuatu as president makes emotional plea for Cyclone Pam aid... READ MORE

16th March, 2015 142

RELIEF TEAMS REPORT DEVASTATION, DEATH AFTER VANUATU CYCLONE


Formerly known as the New Hebrides, Vanuatu is a sprawling cluster of 83 islands and 260,000 people, 2,000 km 1,250 miles northeast of the Australian city of Brisbane... READ MORE

16th March, 2015 136

END OF PACIFIC SHORTWAVE DIPLOMATIC 'MISSTEP' AS ABC PULLS PLUG


The end of ABC shortwave radio broadcasts into the Pacific after 88 years has been criticised as an Australian foreign affairs 'misstep'... READ MORE

30th January, 2017 113

FEMALE ZOOKEEPER DIES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY TIGER


Employee at hamilton zoo in new zealand dies after tragic incident involving sumatran tiger... READ MORE

20th September, 2015 110

WWII SEAPLANE FOUNDERS IN SURF


Only 316 of the nearly 1 200 crew members survived and many were eaten by sharks in the Pacific Ocean... READ MORE

2nd July, 2015 84

CLIFF COLLAPSES AND MANY INJURED AS SEVERE QUAKE STRIKES NEW ZEALAND CITY


Many people have been injured and a cliff has collapsed after a severe earthquake hit the New Zealand city of Christchurch... READ MORE

14th February, 2016 77

CYCLONE PAM HITS VANUATU: MORE THAN 200,000 PEOPLE AT RISK FROM CATEGORY 5 TROPICAL STORM


Photo Plan International Australia The Vanuatu Meteorological Services warned of very destructive winds and very rough to phenomenal seas with heavy swells... READ MORE

13th March, 2015 76

US SPIES ON JAPAN TRADE TALKS


The documents demonstrate intimate knowledge of internal Japanese deliberations on trade issues, nuclear and climate change policy, and Tokyo's diplomatic relations with Washington, it said... READ MORE

31st July, 2015 72

HOW AN ORDINARY NEW ZEALAND TOWN BECAME STEAMPUNK CAPITAL OF THE WORLD


Earlier this month Oamaru made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest gathering of steampunks in the world... READ MORE

30th August, 2016 70

AUSTRALIA TO BEGIN MONITORING FOR ZIKA VIRUS


The Cook Islands are a small group of remote South Pacific islands northeast of New Zealand... READ MORE

2nd February, 2016 63

RICH? WORRIED ABOUT A POSSIBLE TRUMPOCALYPSE? TRY NEW ZEALAND


Immigration New Zealand also reported a spike in inquiries from Britain after the Brexit vote... READ MORE

2nd February, 2017 53

DESPERATE CRY FOR 'HELP' SAVES MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AFTER FIVE DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS


My mom was basically watching me die, North Carolina State University grad Rachel Lloyd said after five terrifying days lost in New Zealand... READ MORE

3rd May, 2016 46

FIJI'S NIKI GONEVA SCORES TRY OF THE TOURNAMENT CONTENDER AGAINST WALES


Rugby World Cup 2015 Fiji's Niki Goneva scores try of the tournament contender against Wales... READ MORE

1st October, 2015 45

AFTER THE PACIFIC OCEAN SWALLOWS VILLAGES AND FIVE SOLOMON ISLANDS, A STUDY BLAMES CLIMATE CHANGE


At the same time that the sea level rises, climate change has brought devastating floods to the Solomon Islands... READ MORE

9th May, 2016 34

PACIFIC ISLANDS BEAR BRUNT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS ACTIVISTS


I'm one of those awareness group of people who are very much concerned with our people, said Touraine Elaine Marsters from The Cook Islands... READ MORE

30th November, 2015 32

FIJI BOOK TONGA'S TICKET TO THE RUGBY WORLD CUP


World of Rugby Fiji book Tonga's ticket to the Rugby World Cup... READ MORE

18th July, 2017 29


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