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Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Solomon slands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

In the Solomon Islands, Wong takes first tentative steps in repairing a strained relationship

June 20, 2022

Solomon Islands

Wansolwara student journalist among 10 chosen for COP23 Pacific team

Solomon Islands

‘Stay vigilant’, Guam governor warns over China’s Pacific intrusion

Solomon Islands

Jakarta has something to hide over West Papua, says Wenda

Angie Enoka

Solomon Islands

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

The MV Awka

Solomon Islands

Stranded Solomon Islands ferry passengers adrift at sea brought on shore

October 12, 2026

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

Joey Tau: Can the MSG bloc walk out on the PACER-Plus...

June 13, 2017

Matthew Wale (left) and Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

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

December 2, 2021

Australia's new Foreign Minister Penny Wong

Solomon Islands

Pacific security should be a matter for ‘Pacific family’, says Wong

June 16, 2022

Post-Courier front page 240122

Solomon Islands

Covid-infected PNG doctor arrested in Solomon Islands as border crosser

January 24, 2022

Dawn breaks over Honiara for 80th anniversary of Battle of Guadalcanal celebrations

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands marking 80 years of WWII Battle of Guadalcanal

August 7, 2022

Deputy Commissioner Juanita Matanga

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands police appeal for help to stop covid spread over...

March 30, 2021

"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

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands orders national broadcaster SIBC to ‘self-censor news’

August 3, 2022

Solomon Islands

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

Pacific Media Watch -

July 18, 2020

Solomon Islands

NZ should learn from Pacific on media freedom issues, says PMC...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 3, 2019

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

Solomon Islands National Parliament

Solomon Islands

Solomons PM condemned during confidence debate, but survives

December 6, 2021

The leaked drafts are just that: drafts

Solomon Islands

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

May 27, 2022

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Solomon Islands

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

March 28, 2023

Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"

Solomon Islands

Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

June 30, 2025

China and the Solomon Islands media

Solomon Islands

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

Pacific Media Watch -

March 20, 2026

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Solomon Islands

‘Don’t surrender’ to Indonesian pressure over West Papua, Bomanak warns MSG

June 26, 2025

Solomon Islands

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

June 14, 2020

Regional Pacific media "locked out" of an Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese media conference in Honiara in 2025

Solomon Islands

Press freedom: holding the MEAA line on the public’s right to...

Pacific Media Watch -

July 11, 2026

Fijian troops being briefed

Solomon Islands

50 Fiji troops join Australian, PNG forces boosting Honiara security

November 30, 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

Solomon Islands

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

BEARING WITNESS

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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...

Tweet to @DavidRobie
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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

Children at the Global March for Palestine in Queen Street

Asia Report

Palestine Forum calls for NZ action as 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza...

US envoy to UN Tammy Bruce

American Samoa

US envoy seeks ‘termination’ of UN decolonisation committee, slams Pacific ‘junkets’

The joint Keris Woomera 26 exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and Australian Defence Force (ADF)

Asia Report

Advocacy group condemns joint Australian military training with Indonesia and ‘silence...

Firearms and ammunition seized in a counter-terrorism operation by PNG police in Southern Highlands province

Crime

Call for criminal groups to be declared ‘terrorists’, as PNG police...

EDITOR'S PICKS

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

Decolonisation

‘Serious questions to answer’ – Labour slams Luxon over Israel’s Pacific...

PIF Secretary-General Baron Divavesi Waqa with Israeli Ambassador Maya Yaron

Asia Report

Israel joins Pacific Islands Forum as development partner

Sacha Roytman, chief executive of Combat Antisemitism Movement

Asia Report

Israelis mislead Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism

US envoy to UN Tammy Bruce

American Samoa

US envoy seeks ‘termination’ of UN decolonisation committee, slams Pacific ‘junkets’

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

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

Decolonisation

‘Serious questions to answer’ – Labour slams Luxon over Israel’s Pacific...

Sacha Roytman, chief executive of Combat Antisemitism Movement

Asia Report

Israelis mislead Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism

US envoy to UN Tammy Bruce

American Samoa

US envoy seeks ‘termination’ of UN decolonisation committee, slams Pacific ‘junkets’

Children at the Global March for Palestine in Queen Street

Asia Report

Palestine Forum calls for NZ action as 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza...