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Only two women elected in Solomon Islands – no new females

April 8, 2019

Huge rallies across West Papua region in support of MSG membership

Solomon Islands

Wenda accuses Jakarta of crackdown in response to Papuan MSG rallies

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 progress

Australia's Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy

Solomon Islands

Australian strategy plans $75m boost for Indo-Pacific media development

Solomon Islands

Sogavare declares full West Papuan membership in MSG ‘justifiable’

Rioting in Honiara

Solomon Islands

Pacific regional response to Solomons post-riots crisis takes shape

December 1, 2021

Republic of Marshall Islands President David Kabua

Solomon Islands

‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity

February 21, 2023

Solomon Islands police arrest a suspect

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands riots: 100 arrested as police chief warns ‘nobody above...

November 28, 2021

Solomon Islands

Seven Pacific states blast Indonesia for human rights violations in West...

March 2, 2017

Pacific flags -- Fiji and Tonga -- and protesters in support of Palestine at a rally in New Zealand's largest city Auckland

Solomon Islands

Seven Pacific no votes in ‘historic’ UN General Assembly demand for...

September 19, 2024

The Indonesian fishing boats reportedly seized by the PNG Defence Force

Solomon Islands

Post-Courier: Border patrol by soldiers or navy must be taken seriously

Pacific Media Watch -

August 29, 2022

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

SIBC newsroom in Honiara

Solomon Islands

SIBC chief defends ‘free’ state media broadcaster in face of tighter...

August 11, 2022

Solomon Islands

Campaign ‘blackout’ in force ahead of Solomon Islands election

April 2, 2019

Rocket Lab ... hard questions needed

Solomon Islands

John Minto: RNZ and the news media – asking the hard...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 17, 2022

Australian mentor Bob Howarth with journalists in Timor-Leste

Solomon Islands

Tribute to Bob Howarth: He touched the Pacific in ways words...

Pacific Media Watch -

November 15, 2025

Solomon Islands Police Response Team (PRT)

Solomon Islands

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

September 3, 2021

Scott Morrison

Solomon Islands

Morrison arrives in Solomons in first visit by an Australian PM...

June 3, 2019

Honiara's Chinatown in ruins

Solomon Islands

Defiant Sogavare vows he will not resign in wake of riots

November 25, 2021

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

Solomon Islands

Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader

March 3, 2023

Solomon Islands

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

Pacific Media Watch -

April 24, 2019

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

Sogavare adamant deal with China won’t undermine regional security

April 21, 2022

Did Xi shoot the Sheriff?

Solomon Islands

Dan McGarry: How to do something about Australia’s Pacific ‘stuff up’

April 21, 2022

The Honiara riots

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands downgraded over riots, troubles in new CIVICUS report

Sri Krishnamurthi -

December 9, 2021

Solomon Islands

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

March 23, 2020

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu and Solomons raise Papua at UN rights council

September 18, 2019

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

December 31, 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

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
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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

Tonga's Permanent Representative to the UN Viliami Va'inga Tōnē (left)

China

Tonga ratifies nuclear test ban treaty amid China missile debacle

Ex-coup convict George Speight

Culture

Former coup leader re-enters Fiji political debate with challenge to immunity...

Minuteman III test launch, California

Solomon Islands

Jeremy Rose: The nuclear-free Pacific and hypersonic hypocrisy

The Yuan Wang 2 Chinese satellite tracking vessel

Asia Report

NZ accuses China of going against peace and stability of Pacific

EDITOR'S PICKS

New Zealand pro-Palestine protesters stage a rally in Te Komititanga Square

Analysis

The Gulf tollbooth that demands real recognition – Iran closes the...

Deir el Balah in 2024

Analysis

What ceasefire? People still being killed and Gaza still under siege

French-Ethiopian student Sarah Cotte

Analysis

Retrial for UK student charged with ‘terrorism’ over speech condemning genocide

Elected New Caledonia's Congress President (Speaker) Virginie Ruffenach

Culture

Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president

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

New Zealand pro-Palestine protesters stage a rally in Te Komititanga Square

Analysis

The Gulf tollbooth that demands real recognition – Iran closes the...

Deir el Balah in 2024

Analysis

What ceasefire? People still being killed and Gaza still under siege

French-Ethiopian student Sarah Cotte

Analysis

Retrial for UK student charged with ‘terrorism’ over speech condemning genocide

Ex-coup convict George Speight

Culture

Former coup leader re-enters Fiji political debate with challenge to immunity...