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Rioting in Honiara

Solomon Islands

Pacific regional response to Solomons post-riots crisis takes shape

December 1, 2021

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

Solomon Islands

‘The world is watching’ – it’s a test for Melanesian leaders over West Papua, says Wenda

Solomon Islands

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

The rise in drug trafficking through Fiji is just one part of a booming trans-Pacific trade

Solomon Islands

Fall of a Fijian trafficker exposes previous government’s blind eye to meth

Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo

Solomon Islands

Former Solomons PM says country needs economic solution not security

Solomon Islands

NZ and Pacific countries contest Asian influence for WHO regional director

August 20, 2018

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

May 16, 2026

Solomon Star's editor Alfred Sasako adamant that the newspaper has maintained its editorial independence

Solomon Islands

China trying to buy influence with Pacific media as it strengthens...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 2, 2023

Get vaccinated against covid warning

Solomon Islands

Warnings to anti-vaxxers slowing rollout in Solomons and PNG

June 18, 2021

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

Solomon Islands

Data collection on children in Pacific ‘poor’, says UNICEF

March 16, 2018

Solomon Islands

Sogavare voted out as no confidence motion passes after ‘fierce’ debate

Pacific Media Watch -

November 6, 2017

Solomon Islands

Resource rich economies dwarf the region, ADB conference told

KINJAP Peter S. -

July 18, 2016

Solomon Islands Chief Electoral Officer Jasper Anisi

Solomon Islands

More than half of Solomon Islands election results in as counting...

April 22, 2024

Solomon Islands

Solomons police call for calm to counter riots after PM elected

April 24, 2019

Fiji anti-corruption will declining

Solomon Islands

An update on the ‘good governance coup’ – political will, corruption...

December 9, 2022

The Pacific Islands Forum's "Troika-Plus" leaders (right) hold a talanoa session with New Caledonia President Louis Mapou

Solomon Islands

Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia

October 31, 2024

RSE worker Taylor Crichton and church volunteer Fuimaono Nathan Pulega at Napier

Solomon Islands

Cyclone Gabrielle: Help for more than 400 evacuated Pacific RSE workers

February 22, 2023

The Anzac Day ceremony at the Wellington war memorial

Solomon Islands

Anzac Day remembered at dawn services across the Pacific

April 25, 2022

Solomon Islands

New Pacific report on illegal tuna fishing for frontline officials

March 10, 2016

West Papuans prepare for yesterday's rally in Wamena

Solomon Islands

Benny Wenda says dream of MSG full membership ‘will happen’ in...

August 23, 2023

Solomon Islands

USP journo students head to Solomons for environmental reporting project

June 25, 2019

Solomon Islands

Cook Islands plays role in Pacific research mapping media culture

Pacific Media Watch -

July 4, 2017

Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Honiara doesn’t want to be forced to choose sides, says Foreign...

October 4, 2022

Isabel Premier Rhoda Sikilabu

Solomon Islands

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

April 4, 2022

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

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) with Fiji's acting PM Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

Solomon Islands

US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific

February 13, 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

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

Lawyer Juleen Fatiaki, counsel for Charlie Charters

Democracy

Fiji judge orders motion seeking return of journalists’ e-devices seized by...

"A reckless game of chicken” in the Middle East

Asia Report

‘Menace to the world’: With Iran talks stalled, Trump vows to...

Mangaia's Agnes Armstrong

Cook Islands

Mangaia trio backs CIP, bringing ‘supermajority’ within reach

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

Climate

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

EDITOR'S PICKS

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

Indonesian military forces in action in Intan Jaya regency in Central Papua province this week

Asia Report

West Papua issue likely to be on agenda in Palau, says...

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...

The Strait of Hormuz - closed

Asia Report

Correcting the Trump delusions about the Strait of Hormuz

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

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

Indonesian military forces in action in Intan Jaya regency in Central Papua province this week

Asia Report

West Papua issue likely to be on agenda in Palau, says...

Reports from West Papua say parts of the highlands region have been blanketed by snow and ice in recent days

Asia Report

Snowfall in West Papua, while severe drought hits other parts of...

Cook Islands caretaker Prime Minister Mark Brown and US Ambassador Jared Novelly exchange gifts

Cook Islands

‘Teeming with life’: Cook Islands officials enthuse over NOAA deep dive