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Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

June 18, 2026

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm as PM

Solomon Islands journalists Eddie Osifelo (from left), Jenny Kay and Robert Iroga at the 2026 World Press Freedom Day celebration in Honiara

Solomon Islands

‘Money problems’ the real threat to Pacific press freedom, says Iroga

Ousted Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele ousted after just over two years in power

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Manele calls parliament for Thursday to face no confidence motion

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

Solomon Islands

Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 5, 2026

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands opposition alleges ‘millions’ offered by govt lobbyists to buy...

April 22, 2026

Invoking the Pacific's Biketawa Declaration

Solomon Islands

Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges

April 18, 2026

Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands PM challenges court order to face no-confidence vote within...

April 15, 2026

Cyclone Maila damage in Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath

April 13, 2026

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Prime Minister Manele holds firm as opposition claims majority in Solomon...

March 23, 2026

China and the Solomon Islands media

Solomon Islands

China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector

Pacific Media Watch -

March 20, 2026

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Solomons PM refuses to convene parliament amid political crisis

March 19, 2026

Solomon Islands National University's vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict

March 3, 2026

The Iranian Red Crescent reports US and Israeli attacks on areas close to medical and humanitarian facilities

Solomon Islands

Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu issue advisories amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran

March 2, 2026

AJ+ senior presenter/producer Dena Takruri

Solomon Islands

How Israel won the Pacific – and its backing at the...

February 17, 2026

The Civicus "civic freedoms" in the Pacific report

Solomon Islands

Civicus raps 8 Pacific countries for ‘not doing enough’ to protect...

Pacific Media Watch -

November 26, 2025

Australian mentor Bob Howarth with journalists in Timor-Leste

Solomon Islands

Tribute to Bob Howarth: He touched the Pacific in ways words...

Pacific Media Watch -

November 15, 2025

For Pacific’s women, the toll of runaway temperature increase will be heavy

Solomon Islands

Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development...

November 7, 2025

USP student journalist Riya Bhagwan

Solomon Islands

USP student journalists win Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution...

Pacific Media Watch -

November 1, 2025

A member of the Police Response Team in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

‘Not an attempt to militarise our nation’ – Solomon Islands considers...

October 21, 2025

President Surangel Whipps Jr at his first state visit to Taiwan in May 2025

Solomon Islands

Palau president calls exclusion of PIF partners a ‘missed opportunity’

August 19, 2025

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine

Solomon Islands

Marshall Islands president warns of threat to Pacific Islands Forum unity

August 5, 2025

Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"

Solomon Islands

Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

June 30, 2025

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Solomon Islands

‘Don’t surrender’ to Indonesian pressure over West Papua, Bomanak warns MSG

June 26, 2025

A West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence among a sea of Palestinian flags

Solomon Islands

Why most Pacific governments stand with Israel in spite of UN...

June 26, 2025

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (second from left) and other Melanesian leaders at the MSG summit

Solomon Islands

Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders discuss Middle East conflict before ceasefire

June 25, 2025

CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

BEARING WITNESS

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room

Analysis

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults...

Bougainville's Panguna mine . . .

Bougainville

Bougainville Copper Limited takes stock after Panguna licence setback

Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

Iranian American international affairs professor Vali Nasr

Analysis

Trump’s war on Iran ends with a ‘triumphant’ Tehran and a...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Pro-Palestine protesters set off a blood-red flare outside the US Consulate in the peaceful March for Peace demonstration in Auckland

Analysis

Paul Hopkinson: Why NZ’s ‘Free Palestine’ party seeks to put Gaza...

Bougainville's Panguna mine . . .

Bougainville

Bougainville Copper Limited takes stock after Panguna licence setback

People queue to vote in Bougainville’s independence referendum

Bougainville

PNG’s ruling party supports 15-year transition period for Bougainville

All Blacks captain 2026 Ardie Savea

Editor's Picks

‘One of the greatest honours in sport’ – Ardie Savea as...

MOST COMMENTS

Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Four days before the Kanaky New Caledonia provincial elections, the pro-independence Kanak Workers and Exploited Workers' Union (USTKE) has announced its voting preferences in all three provinces

Elections

Alcohol sales banned in New Caledonia as provincial election approaches

Pro-Palestine protesters set off a blood-red flare outside the US Consulate in the peaceful March for Peace demonstration in Auckland

Analysis

Paul Hopkinson: Why NZ’s ‘Free Palestine’ party seeks to put Gaza...

Bougainville's Panguna mine . . .

Bougainville

Bougainville Copper Limited takes stock after Panguna licence setback

People queue to vote in Bougainville’s independence referendum

Bougainville

PNG’s ruling party supports 15-year transition period for Bougainville