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‘Leave it up to Parliament,’ says USP academic in wake of Honiara riots

April 25, 2019

Solomon Islands

Pacific Islanders debate paradox of ‘Oceanianism’ and global citizens

Solomon Islands police officers being trained by China

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers

Australian mentor Bob Howarth with journalists in Timor-Leste

Solomon Islands

Tribute to Bob Howarth: He touched the Pacific in ways words can barely capture

Chinese infrastructure assistance for Solomon Islands amid covid-19 pandemic

Solomon Islands

Chinese project experts arrive in Solomons amid pandemic surge

Solomon Islands

Solomons academic calls for caution over Taiwan/China decision

June 14, 2019

Construction of the Solomon Islands National Stadium in the capital Honiara was originally being sponsored by Taiwan but China is now shouldering the major costs of hosting the 2023 Pacific Games

Solomon Islands

Fears over China influence leads US to reopen Solomon Islands embassy

January 17, 2023

Henry Puna

Solomon Islands

Former Cook Islands PM elected new secretary-general of PIF in close...

February 4, 2021

RSE worker Taylor Crichton and church volunteer Fuimaono Nathan Pulega at Napier

Solomon Islands

Cyclone Gabrielle: Help for more than 400 evacuated Pacific RSE workers

February 22, 2023

Matthew Wale (left) and Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

Sogavare calls for Wale’s resignation, warns Suidani on ‘domestic terrorists’

December 2, 2021

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Solomon Islands arms police force after 14 years

Pacific Media Watch -

May 17, 2017

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Solomon Islands students ‘denied’ opportunity to vote in election

April 5, 2019

A KNPB rally in support of full membership for West Papua in the Melanesian Spearhead Group

Solomon Islands

Melanesian Spearhead Group summit postponed – West Papua uncertain

July 19, 2023

Solomon Islands

Joey Tau: Can the MSG bloc walk out on the PACER-Plus...

June 13, 2017

Solomon Islands

30 arrested in Honiara post-election riots as calm returns to capital

Pacific Media Centre -

April 25, 2019

Solomon Islands

MSG, ACP and the (almost) forgotten case of West Papuan independence

July 8, 2016

Solomon Islands

Human rights groups protest over 500 arrests of Papuan demonstrators

December 22, 2016

Facebook ban

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands businesses, rights groups condemn Facebook ban plan

Pacific Media Watch -

November 18, 2020

Solomon Islands police officers being trained by China

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers

March 29, 2022

Solomon Islands

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

May 21, 2016

Solomon Islands

Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters

December 9, 2016

Members of RAMSI military destroy surrendered weapons

Solomon Islands

Transform Aqorau: Rethinking Solomon Islands security – focus on arms unsustainable

April 5, 2022

Huawei to build 161 telecommunication towers

Solomon Islands

Huawei wins US$66m contract for expanding Solomons telecom network

August 23, 2022

Vanuatu Minister for Climate Change Adaptation Ralph Regenvanu

Solomon Islands

West Papuan supporters ‘let down’ by MSG leaders, says advocate

August 31, 2023

Solomon Islands Police Response Team (PRT)

Solomon Islands

Honiara court jails high school student, 18, for ‘lockdown’ breach

September 3, 2021

Solomon Islands

Landmark report into illegal fishing will boost control efforts in Pacific

March 22, 2016

All Media and Democracy Workshop participants were required to submit stories each day

Solomon Islands

Majuro workshop and summit spotlight media and democracy

Pacific Media Watch -

June 26, 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

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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

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

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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

Flooding near Whitianga cuts off a state highway.

Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: Damaging winds, heavy rain hit NZ’s North Island

Cyclone Vaianu is forecast to reach NZ by Saturday

Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid severe NZ...

The Arctic Sunrise

Asia Report

Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise to join Global Sumud Flotilla mission to Gaza

Iranian Ambassador Reza Nazar Ahari

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Iranian envoy slams ‘rule of the jungle’ in criticism of NZ...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Flooding near Whitianga cuts off a state highway.

Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: Damaging winds, heavy rain hit NZ’s North Island

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa's Neil Scott and protesters marching in the Stop Wars Aotearoa rally

Asia Report

Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s press conference on the first day of the Iran ceasefire on 8 April 2026

Analysis

Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious

Cyclone Vaianu is forecast to reach NZ by Saturday

Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid severe NZ...

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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

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Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian...

Cyclone Maila damage in Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath

Iranian Ambassador Reza Nazar Ahari

Asia Report

Iranian envoy slams ‘rule of the jungle’ in criticism of NZ...