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50 Fiji troops join Australian, PNG forces boosting Honiara security

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November 30, 2021
The historic signing of the nuclear-free pact, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga, took place in Majuro during the observance of the Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day on 3 March 2025
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Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

Regional Pacific media "locked out" of an Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese media conference in Honiara in 2025
Solomon Islands

Press freedom: holding the MEAA line on the public’s right to know

Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare with Chinese President Xi Jinping
Solomon Islands

Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic and shows how little Australia understands power in the Pacific

Solomon Islands

Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters

Solomon Islands

Indonesia may appoint special envoy to South Pacific

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April 1, 2016
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who is currently in Apia for the 27th Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), was bestowed with a Samoan matai title
Solomon Islands

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Pacific Capture
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August 24, 2022
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Flying high for Melanesia . . . the Kanaky New Caledonia flag
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MSG leaders back Kanak challenge to Macron over ‘not valid’ referendum

APR editor -
August 31, 2023
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West Papuans rally in support of full membershio of the Melanesian Spearhead Group
Solomon Islands

Wenda slams ‘grave abuses’ against Papuan activists at MSG demos

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July 14, 2023
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The leaked drafts are just that: drafts
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Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help...

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May 27, 2022
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Six Pacific Island nations ratify Paris Accord on climate change

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April 27, 2016
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Pacific Islanders debate paradox of ‘Oceanianism’ and global citizens

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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

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May 22, 2023
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Coverage of decolonisation in the Pacific, the lack of women's representation in parliaments
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Independent Pacific media face reckoning after US aid cuts

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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

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December 31, 2022
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Flashback to the Honiara riots
Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands political battle ends with Sogavare winning confidence vote

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December 7, 2021
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New Pacific report on illegal tuna fishing for frontline officials

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March 10, 2016
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
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Sogavare adamant deal with China won’t undermine regional security

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April 21, 2022
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Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands students ‘denied’ opportunity to vote in election

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April 5, 2019
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Solomon Islands Coat of Arms
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April 27, 2024
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MSG, ACP and the (almost) forgotten case of West Papuan independence

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July 8, 2016
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Douglas Marau
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Wendy Amangongo: Where is MASI over the Solomons Facebook ban?

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November 21, 2020
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Solomon Islands

More aid to Solomon Islands from Australia and New Zealand

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June 7, 2019
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China and the Solomon Islands media
Solomon Islands

China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector

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March 20, 2026
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Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad
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Prasad criticises NZ, Australia over not addressing ‘democratic deficit’ in Pacific...

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July 26, 2022
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
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January 12, 2022
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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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
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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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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

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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
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Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
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"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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