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Solomon Islands

Ships in the night – final day of election campaigning in Solomon Islands

April 15, 2024

Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau

Solomon Islands

MSG a ‘building block’ for stronger Pacific cooperation, says Kalsakau

Chinese sulky silence with Pacific media

Solomon Islands

How China’s creeping influence undermines Pacific media freedom

Solomon Islands

Joey Tau: Can the MSG bloc walk out on the PACER-Plus trade deal?

Newspaper street vendors in Honiara.

Solomon Islands

How China is manipulating the information war in the Pacific

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...

November 7, 2025

Pacific flags -- Fiji and Tonga -- and protesters in support of Palestine at a rally in New Zealand's largest city Auckland

Solomon Islands

Seven Pacific no votes in ‘historic’ UN General Assembly demand for...

September 19, 2024

Solomon Islands

Indian Ocean’s Smartfish wins global award for fight against illegal fishing

March 11, 2016

Rioting in Honiara

Solomon Islands

Pacific regional response to Solomons post-riots crisis takes shape

December 1, 2021

RNZ Pacific's new editor Koroi Hawkins

Solomon Islands

‘Calm in crisis’ Koroi Hawkins steps up as RNZ Pacific’s first...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 3, 2023

Solomon Islands capital Honiara

Solomon Islands

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

April 27, 2022

Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands PM challenges court order to face no-confidence vote within...

April 15, 2026

Get vaccinated against covid warning

Solomon Islands

Warnings to anti-vaxxers slowing rollout in Solomons and PNG

June 18, 2021

PJR 26(1) cover detail

Solomon Islands

Media under strain in Melanesia during challenging era

Pacific Media Watch -

August 7, 2020

Solomon Islands

Solomons PM under pressure to switch allegiance from Taiwan to China

May 20, 2019

Get whole story on covid

Solomon Islands

Facebook boosts Pacific-wide health campaign against misinformation

June 29, 2021

Australia's new Foreign Minister Penny Wong

Solomon Islands

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

June 16, 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

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

Fijians in the capital Suva celebrate the end of 16 years of authoritarian rule - eight years of military dictatorship followed by a rigid "democracy".

Solomon Islands

David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano

December 31, 2022

Solomon Islands

Virtual ministerial fisheries meeting voices concerns over ‘state of Pacific’

August 31, 2020

Solomon Islands

Six Pacific Island nations ratify Paris Accord on climate change

Pacific Media Centre -

April 27, 2016

Peterson Boso

Solomon Islands

Blogger Boso to file legal challenge to Sogavare over Facebook ban

Pacific Media Watch -

November 24, 2020

Solomon Islands

West Papuans in Vanuatu reject Jakarta response to Solomons PM

May 25, 2016

Construction of the Solomon Islands National Stadium in the capital Honiara was originally being sponsored by Taiwan but China is now shouldering the major costs of hosting the 2023 Pacific Games

Solomon Islands

Fears over China influence leads US to reopen Solomon Islands embassy

January 17, 2023

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

Solomon Islands

USP journo students head to Solomons for environmental reporting project

June 25, 2019

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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

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...

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

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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

PSNA secretary Neil Scott

Asia Report

Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on...

Winners of the Goldman Environmental Award winners, 2026

Bougainville

Bougainville advocate among all-women lineup winning Goldman Environmental prize

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands opposition alleges ‘millions’ offered by govt lobbyists to buy...

Jone Vakarisi . . . asked if he was planning a coup

Crime

‘His life mattered’: Family of man who died in Fiji military...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

The US-Israeli war against Iran on hold . . . who really has the cards? I

Analysis

Martyn Bradbury: Why Iran is winning and will continue to win

Starlink green light . . . good news for many Papua New Guineans

Disasters

Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...

Under international law -- if anyone still pays attention to such things -- the Iranians have a strong case

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being...

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

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

A decision on the waste-to-energy proposal can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review

Environment

Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project

The US-Israeli war against Iran on hold . . . who really has the cards? I

Analysis

Martyn Bradbury: Why Iran is winning and will continue to win

Under international law -- if anyone still pays attention to such things -- the Iranians have a strong case

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being...