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Freelance Gaza journalist Moussa Al Zaanoun

Solomon Islands

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

Pacific Media Watch -

May 3, 2024

Solomon Islands

Virtual ministerial fisheries meeting voices concerns over ‘state of Pacific’

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

Media freedom in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

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

China and the Solomon Islands media

Solomon Islands

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

PJR 26(1) cover detail

Solomon Islands

Media under strain in Melanesia during challenging era

Pacific Media Watch -

August 7, 2020

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

PM defends temporary suspension of Facebook until new law in place

November 23, 2020

Isabel Premier Rhoda Sikilabu

Solomon Islands

First female premier of a Solomons province pleads for NZ covid...

April 4, 2022

Pacific Capture

Solomon Islands

ABC blasts Honiara for ‘factual errors’ in attack over Pacific Capture...

August 24, 2022

Solomon Islands

#COP 21: Voices of the Pacific – some regional reflections

December 17, 2015

Get whole story on covid

Solomon Islands

Facebook boosts Pacific-wide health campaign against misinformation

June 29, 2021

The aftermath of rioting in Chinatown yesterday.

Solomon Islands

Solomons police overrun, Australia deploys support personnel

November 26, 2021

All Media and Democracy Workshop participants were required to submit stories each day

Solomon Islands

Majuro workshop and summit spotlight media and democracy

Pacific Media Watch -

June 26, 2023

The ground-breaking ceremony for the Indonesian-funded ugrade of the VIP Lounge in Port Vila

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu asked for Indonesian aid funds, Jakarta’s envoy reveals

August 28, 2023

Solomon Islands passports

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands tops passport index for region’s global rankings

January 10, 2025

Solomon Islands

Solomon Island’s election among ‘most corrupt’, says former PM

April 15, 2019

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands crush Fiji to seal place in Futsal World Cup

February 19, 2016

Western Province Premier David Gina

Solomon Islands

Gina calls for return of death sentence after brutal killing...

October 22, 2021

Australian infantry in Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Tributes made to Anzac and Pacific soldiers killed in world wars

April 26, 2023

Solomon Islands

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

December 5, 2015

Solomon Islands

WJEC16: Pacific media educators struggle to find answers for common problems

July 16, 2016

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

New Zealand forces deployed to Solomon Islands in wake of riots

December 1, 2021

SIBC under pressure

Solomon Islands

Civicus raps Solomon Islands over rights curbs, tighter media controls

Pacific Media Watch -

September 7, 2022

The leaked drafts are just that: drafts

Solomon Islands

Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help...

May 27, 2022

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

Solomon Islands

Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

March 5, 2025

Pacific Affairs Minister Aupito William Sio

Solomon Islands

Aupito heads to Fiji as government faces pressure over China strategy

May 31, 2022

Papuan Student Association Oceania musicians

Solomon Islands

‘Forgotten’ Melanesians host their first cultural festival in Aotearoa

October 23, 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

Fiji Minister for Defence Pio Tikoduadua

Crime

Injured Fiji police officer in checkpoint incident ‘is my daughter’, says...

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

Asia Report

Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

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

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

Asia Report

Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel