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Freelance Gaza journalist Moussa Al Zaanoun

Solomon Islands

NZ slumps to 19th as RSF says press freedom threatened by global decline

Pacific Media Watch -

May 3, 2024

Solomon Islands

Seven Pacific states blast Indonesia for human rights violations in West Papua

Solomon Islands police arrest a suspect

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands riots: 100 arrested as police chief warns ‘nobody above law’

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has issued a statement saying Parliament will be closed to the public for the election of the prime minister.

Solomon Islands

Zero tolerance – Solomon Islands police on high alert ahead of PM election

Henry Puna

Solomon Islands

Former Cook Islands PM elected new secretary-general of PIF in close vote

Pacific Affairs Minister Aupito William Sio

Solomon Islands

Aupito heads to Fiji as government faces pressure over China strategy

May 31, 2022

NHS pharmacy technician

Solomon Islands

Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific

December 20, 2020

Solomon Islands

‘Leave it up to Parliament,’ says USP academic in wake of...

April 25, 2019

Solomon Islands police officers being trained by China

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers

March 29, 2022

Solomon Islands passports

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands tops passport index for region’s global rankings

January 10, 2025

Solomon Islands

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

July 26, 2022

Isabel Premier Rhoda Sikilabu

Solomon Islands

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

April 4, 2022

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

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

PNPB protesters in Jayapura rally in support of full West Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group

Solomon Islands

West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members

July 12, 2023

Australian Federal Police officers on peacekeeping duties in Honiara

Solomon Islands

‘Don’t interfere’, Solomon Islands police tell opposition leader

December 5, 2021

Members of RAMSI military destroy surrendered weapons

Solomon Islands

Transform Aqorau: Rethinking Solomon Islands security – focus on arms unsustainable

April 5, 2022

Get vaccinated against covid warning

Solomon Islands

Warnings to anti-vaxxers slowing rollout in Solomons and PNG

June 18, 2021

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre)

Solomon Islands

China’s whirlwind Pacific tour a slight success with several signed deals

June 3, 2022

Solomon Islands

Sogavare appoints eight new ministers in effort to consolidate government

Pacific Media Watch -

November 2, 2017

Solomon Islands University vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Solomon Islands

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

March 29, 2023

Solomon Islands

Candidates for Solomon Islands PM announced amid ‘political turbulence’

Pacific Media Watch -

November 14, 2017

PJR 26(1) cover detail

Solomon Islands

Media under strain in Melanesia during challenging era

Pacific Media Watch -

August 7, 2020

Solomon Islands

Human rights groups protest over 500 arrests of Papuan demonstrators

December 22, 2016

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands police investigate social justice commentator

Pacific Media Watch -

May 30, 2020

Emalus USP protest

Solomon Islands

Pacific leaders call for ‘common sense’ to prevail in USP impasse

June 13, 2020

Solomon Islands

Students gear up for first national live election broadcast with The...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 30, 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

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"

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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

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Lyttelton local and environmental campaigner Sara Campbell

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Iranian and Palestinian flags at a New Zealand rally against the war on Iran and the Gaza genocide

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Filipino National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag takes an oath before testifying

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Fiji, Samoa and Tonga all lost their rugby international games at the weekend

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Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and rightwing Israelis under military protection storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque

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Palestine Forum of NZ condemns ‘provocative’ Israeli assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque,...

Iranian and Palestinian flags at a New Zealand rally against the war on Iran and the Gaza genocide

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New Zealanders warned not to transit through MidEast as Trump threatens...

Tehran's parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf

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Lim Tean: Iran’s Ghalibaf warns US war equation is clear –...

The world spent 40 years building an oil reserves shock absorber for exactly this war

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The illegal US war on Iran – and now the economic...

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

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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

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and rightwing Israelis under military protection storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque

Asia Report

Palestine Forum of NZ condemns ‘provocative’ Israeli assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque,...

Iranian and Palestinian flags at a New Zealand rally against the war on Iran and the Gaza genocide

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New Zealanders warned not to transit through MidEast as Trump threatens...

Tehran's parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf

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Vanuatu govt blasts chiefs’ demand to replace first female MSG head...