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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Solomon Islands

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

May 24, 2022

Second PM candidate Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

Ready, set, go in Solomons PM race – Jeremiah Manele vs Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

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

Although New Caledonia is one of New Zealand’s closest neighbours, the French colony feels very isolated from the rest of the Pacific

Solomon Islands

While Pacific is target of geopolitics, many nations still fight for basic sovereignty

Angie Enoka

Solomon Islands

Give RSE workers a media ‘voice’ and ask hard questions, says researcher

Solomon Islands

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

March 16, 2018

Solomon Islands

Independent, returning MPs dominate new Solomon Islands Parliament

April 8, 2019

The Solomon Star office in Honiara

Solomon Islands

Solomon Star promised to ‘promote China’ in return for funding

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July 31, 2023

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Transparency Solomon Islands pays tribute to Eremae for editor’s legacy

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July 18, 2020

Solomon Islands

Vlad Sokhin: ‘Warm Waters’ – threat of climate change to low-lying...

June 19, 2016

Solomon Islands

Commonwealth observer group praises Solomon Islands election

April 8, 2019

Policed bomb disposal unit in Honiara

Solomon Islands

Fatal Solomon Is blast highlights key threat in country littered with...

May 11, 2021

Delta variant covid-19

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands covid vaccination plan kicks off – delta variant threat

July 13, 2021

Solomon Islands

Solomons to ban Facebook but claims ‘media freedom to remain’

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November 17, 2020

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...

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August 2, 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

Solomon Islands

Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

March 5, 2025

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands decision to rearm police sparks heated debate

November 25, 2016

Solomon Islands

Oceania Indigenous ‘guardians’ call for self-determination on West Papua day

December 1, 2022

Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (left) and PIF Secretary General Baron Waqa

Solomon Islands

Brown, Rabuka and Manele to lead Pacific mission to New Caledonia

August 11, 2024

Solomon Islands

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

Pacific Journalism Review -

January 31, 2017

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands students ‘denied’ opportunity to vote in election

April 5, 2019

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Solomon Islands

Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader

March 28, 2023

Although New Caledonia is one of New Zealand’s closest neighbours, the French colony feels very isolated from the rest of the Pacific

Solomon Islands

While Pacific is target of geopolitics, many nations still fight for...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 26, 2025

A member of the Police Response Team in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

‘Not an attempt to militarise our nation’ – Solomon Islands considers...

October 21, 2025

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (second from left) and other Melanesian leaders at the MSG summit

Solomon Islands

Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders discuss Middle East conflict before ceasefire

June 25, 2025

Solomon Islands University vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Solomon Islands

‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau

March 29, 2023

Australia's Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy

Solomon Islands

Australian strategy plans $75m boost for Indo-Pacific media development

Pacific Media Watch -

July 15, 2024

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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

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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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

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Tucker Carlson

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Tucker Carlson ‘tuckered out’ with Donald Trump and Israel – insights...

A West Papuan Morning Star flag being held in defiance of the Indonesian ban in a remote village

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Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says...

Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero

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A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’...

New Zealand author David Robie

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David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero

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A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’...

West Papuan supporters raise the Morning Star flag in Leichhardt, Sydney, today as protesters around the world mark the 1 December 1961 "independence" flag-flying day. Image: AWPA

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West Papuan liberation fighters risk ‘extermination’ by Indonesia’s high-tech forces

New Zealand author David Robie

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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

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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

Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero

Asia Report

A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’...

West Papuan supporters raise the Morning Star flag in Leichhardt, Sydney, today as protesters around the world mark the 1 December 1961 "independence" flag-flying day. Image: AWPA

Asia Report

West Papuan liberation fighters risk ‘extermination’ by Indonesia’s high-tech forces

A West Papuan Morning Star flag being held in defiance of the Indonesian ban in a remote village

Asia Report

Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says...

New Zealand author David Robie

Climate

David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow...