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Pacific Affairs Minister Aupito William Sio

Solomon Islands

Aupito heads to Fiji as government faces pressure over China strategy

May 31, 2022

Solomon Islands

West Papuans in Vanuatu reject Jakarta response to Solomons PM

Morning Star flags of West Papuan independence on display at MACFEST2023

Solomon Islands

Yamin Kogoya: ‘Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future’ – culture and West Papua

A graceful young Melanesian dancer shares her culture

Solomon Islands

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

President Surangel Whipps Jr at his first state visit to Taiwan in May 2025

Solomon Islands

Palau president calls exclusion of PIF partners a ‘missed opportunity’

The World Trade Organisation (WTO)'s MC13 conference

Solomon Islands

Pacific nations and civil society raise concerns at WTO conference

March 1, 2024

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

Solomon Islands

Rabuka backs call for West Papuan independence group to fully join...

February 24, 2023

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has issued a statement saying Parliament will be closed to the public for the election of the prime minister.

Solomon Islands

Zero tolerance – Solomon Islands police on high alert ahead of...

May 2, 2024

Solomon Islands

Tsunami threat called off for PNG, Solomon Islands

January 22, 2017

Media freedom in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Campaign over Solomons media freedom ‘misguided’, claims PM’s office

August 3, 2022

Did Xi shoot the Sheriff?

Solomon Islands

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

April 21, 2022

Pacific Aftershocks

Solomon Islands

Aftershocks of covid-19 threaten to undo gains across Pacific, says report

October 18, 2021

Rocket Lab ... hard questions needed

Solomon Islands

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

Pacific Media Watch -

August 17, 2022

Solomon Islands

New Pacific report on illegal tuna fishing for frontline officials

March 10, 2016

Vanuatu's public broadcaster VBTC reporting on the Melanesian Spearhead Group's denial of full membership for West Papua

Solomon Islands

OPM accuses Melanesian group of taking Jakarta’s ‘blood money’ at expense...

August 27, 2023

SIBC steps up digital storytelling training

Solomon Islands

SIBC journos gear up for the Pacific Games the MoJo way...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 26, 2023

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Solomon Islands

China’s high-level ‘milestone’ visit to the Pacific ahead of schedule

May 24, 2022

Honiara's Chinatown in ruins

Solomon Islands

Defiant Sogavare vows he will not resign in wake of riots

November 25, 2021

The Facebook ban on In-Depth Solomons reports

Solomon Islands

Facebook reportedly censors posts by Solomon Islands news outlet

Pacific Media Watch -

July 26, 2024

RNZ Pacific's new editor Koroi Hawkins

Solomon Islands

‘Calm in crisis’ Koroi Hawkins steps up as RNZ Pacific’s first...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 3, 2023

Honiara's Chinatown in ruins

Solomon Islands

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

November 28, 2021

Freelance Gaza journalist Moussa Al Zaanoun

Solomon Islands

NZ slumps to 19th as RSF says press freedom threatened by...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 3, 2024

Solomon Islands Coat of Arms

Solomon Islands

‘To lead is to serve’ – Governor-General to call PM election...

April 27, 2024

Solomon Islands

Campaign ‘blackout’ in force ahead of Solomon Islands election

April 2, 2019

Matthew Wale (left) and Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

Sogavare calls for Wale’s resignation, warns Suidani on ‘domestic terrorists’

December 2, 2021

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre)

Solomon Islands

China’s whirlwind Pacific tour a slight success with several signed deals

June 3, 2022

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

Sogavare adamant deal with China won’t undermine regional security

April 21, 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

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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

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

Asia Report

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Asia Report

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

US target on leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...

Climate activist Violet Coco

Asia Report

‘Israel wanted to shame us, but the shame is Israel’s,’ says...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

Asia Report

Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel’s...

"The face of courage vs the face of evil"

Analysis

‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli...

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

Asia Report

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

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

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

Asia Report

Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel’s...

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

Asia Report

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

Joseph Vaa, 27, admitted gunning down suspected "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia outside a restaurant last week. Vaa's associate, Steve Tofa, 23, has confessed to being his accomplice in the shooting

Crime

Samoan nationals could face death penalty over ‘Coconut Cartel’ killing in...