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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

APR editor -
March 25, 2022
For Pacific’s women, the toll of runaway temperature increase will be heavy
Solomon Islands

Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development progress

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands students help out Fiji victims of TC Harold restore lives

The Pacific and the world
Solomon Islands

Call for fresh Blue Pacific rules-based order: ‘Our home, our rules’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (from left), PNG Prime Minister James Marape (standing) and Defence Minister Win Daki after signing the US-PNG defence cooperation pact in Port Moresby
Solomon Islands

How Washington teamed up with PNG to pip Canberra for ‘control’ of region

Solomon Islands

‘Live, thrive in a new place’ – financing Pacific climate adaptation

Kendall Hutt -
August 31, 2017
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Panelists on the "Gender and Media in the Pacific" panel
Solomon Islands

‘Culture plays a big part’: Female journalists in Pacific face harassment...

Pacific Media Watch -
July 15, 2024
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Malaita province Premier Daniel Suidani
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Malaita plans self-determination poll to see if it’s ‘still in the...

APR editor -
December 8, 2021
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Solomon Islands

Solomons police call for calm to counter riots after PM elected

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April 24, 2019
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
Solomon Islands

Sogavare hails ‘new approach’ on West Papua – Wale calls PM...

APR editor -
September 28, 2023
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Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,
Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands riots push nation into slippery slide of self-implosion

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November 25, 2021
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Solomon Islands

Pacific public health warning over Zika virus infection

APR editor -
January 30, 2016
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Solomon Islands

US withdrawal from Pacific tuna treaty will take effect January 2017

APR editor -
January 21, 2016
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Solomon Islands

Wansolwara student journalist among 10 chosen for COP23 Pacific team

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July 16, 2017
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RNZ Pacific's new editor Koroi Hawkins
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‘Calm in crisis’ Koroi Hawkins steps up as RNZ Pacific’s first...

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April 3, 2023
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Solomon Islands

Landmark report into illegal fishing will boost control efforts in Pacific

Kendall Hutt -
March 22, 2016
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Imrana Jalal: Paradise lost – shocking report on Pacific violence against...

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April 1, 2016
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Freelance journalist Georgina Kekea
Solomon Islands

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

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December 3, 2021
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Peterson Boso
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Blogger Boso to file legal challenge to Sogavare over Facebook ban

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November 24, 2020
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WJEC16: Pacific journalism contingent gearing up to share with world educators

TJ Aumua -
July 9, 2016
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Solomon Islands

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

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November 6, 2017
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Pacific Aftershocks
Solomon Islands

Aftershocks of covid-19 threaten to undo gains across Pacific, says report

APR editor -
October 18, 2021
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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

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July 19, 2023
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Covid-19 vaccinations being given in Vanuatu
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Vaccine inequity in the Pacific: ‘We need to support our neighbours’

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January 30, 2022
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Solomon Islands

Only two women elected in Solomon Islands – no new females

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April 8, 2019
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MASI's Georgina Kekea
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Solomons media condemns ‘secrecy’ controls over China delegation

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May 26, 2022
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O’Neill replies to PNG university student petitions but seeks ‘advice’

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May 21, 2016
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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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

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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

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Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
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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
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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"
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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern
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Asia Report

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Papua's Tom Beanal
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Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’

Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi
Asia Report

Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military
Asia Report

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May 18, 2026
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Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

May 18, 2026
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‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

May 17, 2026
Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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

May 16, 2026
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Niue's Dalton Tagelagi

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May 17, 2026
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