Fiji
Cyclone Gita: NZ Air Force scours Tonga for damage
A Royal New Zealand Air Force team is on the way to Tonga to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Gita. After smashing Tonga, the cyclone missed the most populated areas of Fiji on Tuesday night.
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Warnings still in effect for Fiji after Gita
Most of Fiji has escaped the worst of Tropical Cyclone Gita, but contact with Ono-i-Lau and Vatoa - potentially the worst hit - will not be restored until tomorrow.
Traffic congestion costing Fiji millions in productivity - Narube
A former governor of Fiji's Reserve Bank estimates traffic congestion is costing the economy almost $US200 million US dollars a year in lost productivity.
Cyclone Gita: Devastated Tonga faces huge clean-up
A massive clean up is underway for Tonga after Cyclone Gita destroyed homes, buildings, and food crops. The storm made landfall on Tonga with category 4 force on Monday night. It ripped roofs off… Audio
Cyclone Gita: No storm-caused deaths reported
Residents of Nuku'alofa endured a "terrifying" night with huge amounts of debris, trees uprooted, and roofs ripped from buildings on Monday as Cyclone Gita hit Tonga's main islands. As the nation… Audio
Cyclone Gita: Where is it headed?
Fiji has escaped a direct hit by tropical cyclone Gita. But what is the catergory four storm going to do next? NIWA's principal forecasting scientist Chris Brandolino joins Guyon Espiner with the… Audio
Cyclone Gita: Fiji narrowly misses direct hit
Fiji has escaped a direct hit by tropical cyclone Gita. The southern island group of Ono-i-Lau and Vatoa - about halfway between Tonga and Fiji - were the closest to the category 4 storm, as it moved… Audio
Cyclone Gita cuts off eastern Fiji islands
Ono-I-Lau, a small, remote group of islands half way between Tonga and Fiji's mainland, is currently being hammered with wind gusts of around 200km/h. Audio
UN High Commissioner concerned at Fiji media curbs
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says the limits imposed on journalists in Fiji are "highly worrying.''
Small Fijian islands brace for destructive Cyclone Gita
All communication to Fiji's remote southern Lau Islands is currently cut off, Fiji's Disaster Management Office says. It is expecting the area to be very badly damaged. Audio
Fiji politician says detention of journalists concerning
The president of the Fiji opposition party, the National Federation Party, says the detention of three Islands Business journalists under the Public Order Act is deeply concerning.
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 13 February 2018
While Gita has now slammed into Tonga, and Fiji's southern islands are next, the clean-up is underway in the Samoas; The University of the South Pacific celebrates 50 years of tertiary education in… Audio
NZ ready to provide aid to Pacific in wake of Gita
New Zealand stands ready to help the countries affected by Cyclone Gita.
Islands Business director questioned under public order laws
A director of the Fiji publication Islands Business, who was taken in by police for questioning on Sunday, says he was questioned in connection with Fiji's public order laws.
Super cyclone to hit Tonga and Fiji
A state of emergency has been declared as the Kingdom braces for Cyclone Gita, which is expected to reach category five, and hit later tonight. Audio
Fiji's Lau Group told to prepare for Gita
Disaster authorities in Fiji are urging people in the Lau group of islands to prepare for cyclone Gita's arrival there on Tuesday evening.
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 12 February 2018
Tonga Red Cross prepositioning supplies for Cyclone Gita; Clean-up underway in Samoas following Gita; Samoans seek shelter from cyclone; Fiji journos questioned over airport workers lockout article… Audio
Fiji journos questioned over airport workers lockout article
The police in Fiji have taken Islands Business journalists and a director of the publication in for questioning over an article it published on Friday. Audio
Fiji journalists taken in by police
The police in Fiji have questioned media executives and a journalist with the publication Islands Business over an article it published at the weekend.
Tropical Cyclone Gita puts Tonga and Fiji on alert
Tonga's weather office is forecasting winds gusting up to 130 kilometres an hour for much of the country from tomorrow morning.
