Home Pacific Report Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Random

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

A View From Afar

Solomon Islands

A View From Afar: How covid-19 has become a trigger of insecurity in Pacific

Solomon Islands

Human rights groups protest over 500 arrests of Papuan demonstrators

Chinese sulky silence with Pacific media

Solomon Islands

How China’s creeping influence undermines Pacific media freedom

Solomon Islands

Wansolwara student journalist among 10 chosen for COP23 Pacific team

Solomon Star's report on China visit 17July23

Solomon Islands

NZ govt says it ‘honoured’ Solomons support, rejects Sogavare’s claims

July 18, 2023

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Solomon Islands

PIF hopes to send delegation to New Caledonia, says Forum chair

July 20, 2024

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands, Vanuatu condemn Papuan rights violations at UN hearing

June 24, 2016

Solomon Islands

Asian and Pacific nations struggling over media self-censorship, says RSF

Pacific Media Watch -

April 24, 2019

Solomon Islands

‘Live, thrive in a new place’ – financing Pacific climate adaptation

August 31, 2017

Solomon Islands

Loss of Australian Associated Press (AAP) a tragedy for entire Pacific

Sri Krishnamurthi -

March 4, 2020

Solomon Islands

Students gear up for first national live election broadcast with The...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 30, 2019

Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad

Solomon Islands

Prasad criticises NZ, Australia over not addressing ‘democratic deficit’ in Pacific...

July 26, 2022

Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping . . . under fire for lack of transparency over nine deals

Solomon Islands

Solomons PM’s ‘I’m back home’ comment in Beijing ‘shameful’, says Wale

July 12, 2023

Honiara's Chinatown in ruins

Solomon Islands

Defiant Sogavare vows he will not resign in wake of riots

November 25, 2021

Solomon Islands

Imrana Jalal: Paradise lost – shocking report on Pacific violence against...

April 1, 2016

The Pacific 2025 year ahead

Solomon Islands

Pacific 2025: Vanuatu quake, Tongan and Kanaky shakeups, Trump questions set...

January 4, 2025

Matteo, a young Mā'ohi soldier from Tahiti, preparing for the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris.

Solomon Islands

Bastille Day message: Paris must ‘re-arm in Pacific’, says commander

July 14, 2022

Solomon Islands

Pacific knowledge, smart media used to tackle mosquito-borne diseases

February 1, 2018

Freelance journalist Georgina Kekea

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands riots: ‘We’ll shoot you with stones’ abuse for journalists

Pacific Media Watch -

December 3, 2021

A graceful young Melanesian dancer shares her culture

Solomon Islands

Melanesians gathering for ‘unique’ NZ cultural event to celebrate identity

October 17, 2023

Dawn breaks over Honiara for 80th anniversary of Battle of Guadalcanal celebrations

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands marking 80 years of WWII Battle of Guadalcanal

August 7, 2022

Solomon Islands

Solomons academic calls for caution over Taiwan/China decision

June 14, 2019

Solomon Islands

New Pacific report on illegal tuna fishing for frontline officials

March 10, 2016

NZ Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni

Solomon Islands

NZ boosts support for ‘grassroots’ climate action in Solomon Islands

April 17, 2023

Solomon Islands

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

August 31, 2020

Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau

Solomon Islands

MSG a ‘building block’ for stronger Pacific cooperation, says Kalsakau

August 24, 2023

12 3...16 Page 1 of 16

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

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

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

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 decision on the waste-to-energy proposal can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review

Environment

Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project

Winners of the Goldman Environmental Award winners, 2026

Bougainville

Bougainville advocate among all-women lineup winning Goldman Environmental prize

Holy Shit. Cartoon by Mr Fish

Analysis

Chris Hedges: The political dysfunction of Trump as God

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

EDITOR'S PICKS

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

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

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

Asia Report

Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel