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SIBC steps up digital storytelling training

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SIBC journos gear up for the Pacific Games the MoJo way with ABC help

Pacific Media Watch -

September 26, 2023

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

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West Papuans in Vanuatu reject Jakarta response to Solomons PM

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

Flashback to the Honiara riots

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Solomon Islands political battle ends with Sogavare winning confidence vote

Morning Star flags of West Papuan independence on display at MACFEST2023

Solomon Islands

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

July 24, 2023

"Censored" . . . the cover image on In-Depth Solomons' revelations

Solomon Islands

‘Dear media friends’ – China interferes in Honiara media over Taiwan,...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 23, 2024

Covid-19 vaccinations being given in Vanuatu

Solomon Islands

Vaccine inequity in the Pacific: ‘We need to support our neighbours’

January 30, 2022

Freelance journalist Georgina Kekea

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Solomon Islands riots: ‘We’ll shoot you with stones’ abuse for journalists

Pacific Media Watch -

December 3, 2021

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Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: The desecration of Oceania’s sacred place of learning

June 14, 2020

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COP21: Pacific battles for recognition in new Climate Change agreement

December 4, 2015

Solomon Islands capital Honiara

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US issues vague warning ‘to respond’ if China builds military base...

April 27, 2022

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

March 23, 2020

Flying high . . . the Morning Star ensign -- banned in Indonesia -- flying alongside the Vanuatu national flag in Port Vila

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‘The world is watching’ – it’s a test for Melanesian leaders...

August 24, 2023

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Pacific ‘cyberbullying’, PNG student protests, ‘free’ media featured in PJR

Pacific Journalism Review -

January 31, 2017

Henry Puna

Solomon Islands

Former Cook Islands PM elected new secretary-general of PIF in close...

February 4, 2021

Armed police with teargas masks on guard in Honiara

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands riots: Night-time curfew imposed in capital

November 27, 2021

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Jakarta has something to hide over West Papua, says Wenda

May 26, 2016

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Former PCF media intern welcomes Pacific newbies on NZ exchange

Rahul Bhattarai -

June 29, 2018

A KNPB rally in support of full membership for West Papua in the Melanesian Spearhead Group

Solomon Islands

Melanesian Spearhead Group summit postponed – West Papua uncertain

July 19, 2023

The authorities deal with the stabbing attack at Bloody Ridge, Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Japanese sailor stabbed during Guadalcanal remembrance event

August 8, 2022

A training session for the UN Pacific peacekeepers cohort

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Australia launches ‘landmark’ UN police peacekeeping course for Pacific region

May 19, 2025

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

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

August 19, 2025

Solomon Islands

Taxpayer concerns over $1.6 million delegation trip to Taiwan

July 26, 2016

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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PM says Honiara’s growing China relationship is ‘gravely concerning’

March 28, 2022

Solomon Islands passports

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Solomon Islands tops passport index for region’s global rankings

January 10, 2025

Taiwan flag in Honiara's Chinatown

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Solomon Islands: Bodies discovered in burnt out Chinatown building

November 27, 2021

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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

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

BEARING WITNESS

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...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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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

Defenders of the International Criminal Court, led by the pan-European group Eumans, rally in Rome

Asia Report

‘Deranged behaviour’ – Marco Rubio slammed for US sanctions on ICC...

After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old Hind Rajab’s car

Asia Report

Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe

In late-June, PNG Prime Minister James Marape instructed all provinces

Climate

‘On another scale’ – PNG province unprepared for El Niño impacts,...

AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life

AI

Jeremy Rose: AI-generated good ‘news’ floods social media

EDITOR'S PICKS

NSW Justice Desmond Fagan

Analysis

Segal’s speech code meets the law – Justice Fagan wrecks Canberra’s...

Israeli soldiers facing Palestinian reporters near Nablus

Analysis

West Bank: RSF condemns Israeli army over escalating violence against Palestinian...

NSW Premier Chris Minns

Asia Report

An armed Jewish police force in Australia? Minns defies police and...

Palestinian-American home owner Loui Ridi at Ben Gurion Airport . . . "I appreciate Mike Huckabee condemned it, called them terrorists. But I’ve been in contact with the embassy, that nothing has been done on the ground."

Analysis

Meet Loui Ridi, the Palestinian American in West Bank home besieged...

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

NSW Justice Desmond Fagan

Analysis

Segal’s speech code meets the law – Justice Fagan wrecks Canberra’s...

Israeli soldiers facing Palestinian reporters near Nablus

Analysis

West Bank: RSF condemns Israeli army over escalating violence against Palestinian...

Paramedics from New South Wales led the rescue

Global

Whale-watching boat carrying NZ Anglican Church delegates capsizes in Tonga

NSW Premier Chris Minns

Asia Report

An armed Jewish police force in Australia? Minns defies police and...