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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

Pacific Media Watch -

May 8, 2026

Solomon Islands

Pacific-wide study tipped to show ‘real value’ of lost fisheries

Solomon Islands

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

Solomon Islands

Tokelau’s new ferry Mataliki slips quietly into Apia port

Solomon Islands

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

Solomon Islands

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

Sri Krishnamurthi -

March 4, 2020

Solomon Islands

‘Stay vigilant’, Guam governor warns over China’s Pacific intrusion

July 26, 2022

A big gathering of West Papuans in support of full West Papuan membership of the MSG took place peacefully this afternoon in the capital Jayapura

Solomon Islands

Senior MSG official calls for Melanesia to remain neutral in geopolitical...

August 22, 2023

Solomon Islands

Transparency Solomon Islands pays tribute to Eremae for editor’s legacy

Pacific Media Watch -

July 18, 2020

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

NZ Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni

Solomon Islands

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

April 17, 2023

Solomon Islands capital Honiara

Solomon Islands

US issues vague warning ‘to respond’ if China builds military base...

April 27, 2022

Solomon Islands

Pacific journalists make human rights declaration for ‘voiceless’

April 16, 2016

New Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Jeremiah Manele is new Solomon Islands PM with ‘100 day plan’

May 2, 2024

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands success over EU tuna fisheries market access earns praise

February 26, 2017

Papuan Student Association Oceania musicians

Solomon Islands

‘Forgotten’ Melanesians host their first cultural festival in Aotearoa

October 23, 2022

Solomon Islands

Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu win medals at Games

April 11, 2018

Honiara lockdown

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands imposes 60 hour Honiara lockdown over covid outbreak

January 20, 2022

Solomon Islands

Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters

December 9, 2016

Deputy Commissioner Juanita Matanga

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands police appeal for help to stop covid spread over...

March 30, 2021

The Anzac Day ceremony at the Wellington war memorial

Solomon Islands

Anzac Day remembered at dawn services across the Pacific

April 25, 2022

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

Solomons PM warns journalists against ‘yellow journalism’ rumours

Pacific Media Watch -

July 30, 2021

Solomon Islands

New Pacific report on illegal tuna fishing for frontline officials

March 10, 2016

Solomon Islands

NZ should learn from Pacific on media freedom issues, says PMC...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 3, 2019

Solomon Islands

More women in Solomon Islands politics — how it needs to...

June 9, 2017

Solomon Islands

A damning indictment of the parlous state of affairs in the...

Shailendra Singh -

August 3, 2016

Solomon Islands

Aucklanders warned not to fall into a ‘slumber’ again over covid

October 6, 2020

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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

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

PINA president Kalafi Moala

Asia Report

Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats...

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Democracy

TVNZ’s ‘first wahine Māori’ political editor Maiki Sherman resigns

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

Tongan police are investigating the threat against a Kele'a journalist incident on April 23

Crime

Tongan police investigate journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report

EDITOR'S PICKS

The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year

Business

French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

Maiki Sherman winning the Māori Journalist of the Year at the Ngā Kupu Ora Awards 2017

Decolonisation

Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt...

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

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu (left) and President Emmanuel Macron

Decolonisation

New Caledonia provincial elections set for June but voter roll changes...

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

Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom

Analysis

Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year

Business

French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

Maiki Sherman winning the Māori Journalist of the Year at the Ngā Kupu Ora Awards 2017

Decolonisation

Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt...

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