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Facebook boosts Pacific-wide health campaign against misinformation

June 29, 2021

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Solomon slands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

In the Solomon Islands, Wong takes first tentative steps in repairing a strained relationship

An Australian soldier on patrol in Honiara

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Solomon Islands: China mouthpiece blames Australia for ‘fomenting riots’

Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

‘Tread carefully’, opposition warns Solomons PM over geopolitical rivalries

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

Pacific Islands Forum member flags

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Pacific foreign ministers to discuss Solomons’ idea for regional security treaty

August 7, 2026

Baron Waqa

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Baron Waqa ‘more than able’ to lead Pacific Islands Forum, says...

June 15, 2024

PNPB protesters in Jayapura rally in support of full West Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group

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West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members

July 12, 2023

Solomon Islands

PNG orders lockdown from tomorrow as Covid-19 response ramps up

March 23, 2020

Solomon Islands

COP21: Politicians leading world to ‘very dangerous future’, says Naomi Klein

December 5, 2015

Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting 2026 in Suva

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Pacific Islands Forum fails to reach consensus on anti-missile statement against...

August 8, 2026

Honiara's Chinatown in ruins

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: The painful reality – my day on the road...

November 28, 2021

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New Pacific report on illegal tuna fishing for frontline officials

March 10, 2016

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Solomon Islands, Vanuatu condemn Papuan rights violations at UN hearing

June 24, 2016

Solomon Islands

West Papuans in Vanuatu reject Jakarta response to Solomons PM

May 25, 2016

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

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

Pacific Media Watch -

August 2, 2023

Pacific flags . . . advancing advance discussions on the the Blue Pacific

Solomon Islands

Pacific Islands Forum leaders advance discussions on regional reforms

March 28, 2025

Solomon Islands Police Response Team (PRT)

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

September 3, 2021

Solomon Islands

Indian Ocean’s Smartfish wins global award for fight against illegal fishing

March 11, 2016

Australian infantry in Papua New Guinea

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Tributes made to Anzac and Pacific soldiers killed in world wars

April 26, 2023

Solomon Islands

US withdrawal from Pacific tuna treaty will take effect January 2017

January 21, 2016

High tide floodwaters in the Carterets 06-12-2021

Solomon Islands

Tidal damage cuts swathe across wide area of Pacific

December 7, 2021

Solomon Islands

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

October 6, 2020

PNG Police Commissioner David Manning

Solomon Islands

PNG’s police deployment in Honiara ‘vital’ for regional security

November 30, 2021

NZ Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni

Solomon Islands

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

April 17, 2023

University of Papua New Guinea students protest against the US-PNG defence pact

Solomon Islands

Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific

May 22, 2023

Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers train with replica guns supplied by the Chinese government

Solomon Islands

Leaked draft China-Solomon Islands security pact causes Pacific stir

March 25, 2022

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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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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...

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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

The stiff-right-arm salute and the phrase “Heil Hitler,” used to signify allegiance to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, were captured in previously unseen 2007 footage involving Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

Democracy

Samoan PM La’aulialemalietoa apologises for historical ‘Heil Hitler’ video

Passengers at Karanga-a-Hape, one of Auckland's new City Rail Link stations

Elections

Greens eye free, fast and reliable public transport with NZ election...

The Greens "Zionism is racism" motion was passed by an overwhelming majority

Asia Report

UK Greens celebrate landmark ’Zionism is racism’ policy adoption

Earthjustice attorney David Henkin (left) and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa

American Samoa

American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining...

EDITOR'S PICKS

A pro-Palestinian rally on the 156th consecutive week of protest

Asia Report

Palestine solidarity protesters in NZ to kick off ‘global action’ day...

Fiji Justice Minister Siromi Turaga

Culture

Jale Moala: Words matter in politics, especially at a time like...

Palestinian journalists work with cameras, laptops and limited equipment from makeshift press areas

Analysis

Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) invited New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon

Economics

New Zealand walks away from multi-billion dollar Defence Bank

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

A pro-Palestinian rally on the 156th consecutive week of protest

Asia Report

Palestine solidarity protesters in NZ to kick off ‘global action’ day...

Fiji Justice Minister Siromi Turaga

Culture

Jale Moala: Words matter in politics, especially at a time like...

Palestinian journalists work with cameras, laptops and limited equipment from makeshift press areas

Analysis

Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) invited New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon

Economics

New Zealand walks away from multi-billion dollar Defence Bank