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Australia's new Foreign Minister Penny Wong

Solomon Islands

Pacific security should be a matter for ‘Pacific family’, says Wong

June 16, 2022

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Solomon Islands

Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader

Fijians in the capital Suva celebrate the end of 16 years of authoritarian rule - eight years of military dictatorship followed by a rigid "democracy".

Solomon Islands

David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano

West Papuan leader Benny Wenda (left) and Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Solomon Islands

Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader

RNZ Pacific's new editor Koroi Hawkins

Solomon Islands

‘Calm in crisis’ Koroi Hawkins steps up as RNZ Pacific’s first Melanesian editor

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Solomon Islands

Top level Chinese delegation headed to Kiribati – questions over Kanton

May 25, 2022

Taiwan flag in Honiara's Chinatown

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: Bodies discovered in burnt out Chinatown building

November 27, 2021

The aftermath of rioting in Chinatown yesterday.

Solomon Islands

Solomons police overrun, Australia deploys support personnel

November 26, 2021

Solomon Islands

Solomons’ deal with Chinese developer sparks ‘concern’

October 14, 2019

Solomon Islands MP Peter Kenilorea Jr

Solomon Islands

MP warns Solomons-China security pact could ‘inflame tensions’

April 20, 2022

Solomon Islands

WJEC16: Pacific journalism contingent gearing up to share with world educators

July 9, 2016

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands police investigate social justice commentator

Pacific Media Watch -

May 30, 2020

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

Get vaccinated against covid warning

Solomon Islands

Warnings to anti-vaxxers slowing rollout in Solomons and PNG

June 18, 2021

SI Police Commissioner Mostyn Managa

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands police arrest 217 riot suspects, but no ‘instigators’ so...

December 3, 2021

Panelists on the "Gender and Media in the Pacific" panel

Solomon Islands

‘Culture plays a big part’: Female journalists in Pacific face harassment...

Pacific Media Watch -

July 15, 2024

Solomon Islands

Virtual ministerial fisheries meeting voices concerns over ‘state of Pacific’

August 31, 2020

Solomon Islands

Taxpayer concerns over $1.6 million delegation trip to Taiwan

July 26, 2016

Solomon Islands

Only two women elected in Solomon Islands – no new females

April 8, 2019

The Pacific is not some rogue part of Tasmania. It’s an ocean of independent countries.

Solomon Islands

Solomons security shambles, and now it’s time for realism over hype

April 26, 2022

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) with Fiji's acting PM Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

Solomon Islands

US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific

February 13, 2022

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands success over EU tuna fisheries market access earns praise

February 26, 2017

Solomon Islands

O’Neill replies to PNG university student petitions but seeks ‘advice’

May 21, 2016

betelnut

Solomon Islands

Tulagi bans betel nut selling as covid fears grow in Solomon...

January 22, 2022

Solomon Islands

More aid to Solomon Islands from Australia and New Zealand

June 7, 2019

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands, Vanuatu promote MSG support for West Papua

May 13, 2016

MSG leaders sign the two declarations - on climate crisis and subregional security

Solomon Islands

MSG leaders defer Papua membership decision to Pacific Islands Forum

August 25, 2023

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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

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Solomon Islands

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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

A demonstrator holds a sign reading, "Selective Justice is Injustice"

Asia Report

How Israel has set a dangerous precedent in international law

Sitiveni Rabuka appeared before the Fiji Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Crime

Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups

East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts

Democracy

East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend

Pro-Palestinian protesters over the Gaza genocide

Asia Report

Fiji, NZ protesters kick off UN day of solidarity for Palestine...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero

Asia Report

A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’...

West Papuan supporters raise the Morning Star flag in Leichhardt, Sydney, today as protesters around the world mark the 1 December 1961 "independence" flag-flying day. Image: AWPA

Asia Report

West Papuan liberation fighters risk ‘extermination’ by Indonesia’s high-tech forces

New Zealand author David Robie

Climate

David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow...

Tucker Carlson

Analysis

Tucker Carlson ‘tuckered out’ with Donald Trump and Israel – insights...

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

Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero

Asia Report

A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’...

West Papuan supporters raise the Morning Star flag in Leichhardt, Sydney, today as protesters around the world mark the 1 December 1961 "independence" flag-flying day. Image: AWPA

Asia Report

West Papuan liberation fighters risk ‘extermination’ by Indonesia’s high-tech forces

A West Papuan Morning Star flag being held in defiance of the Indonesian ban in a remote village

Asia Report

Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says...

New Zealand author David Robie

Climate

David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow...