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Taiwan flag in Honiara's Chinatown

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Solomon Islands: Bodies discovered in burnt out Chinatown building

November 27, 2021

TVNZ's 1News and Kiribati

Solomon Islands

Mediawatch: NZ media in the middle of Asia-Pacific diplomatic drama

Get whole story on covid

Solomon Islands

Facebook boosts Pacific-wide health campaign against misinformation

New Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Jeremiah Manele is new Solomon Islands PM with ‘100 day plan’

Solomon Islands

New Pacific report on illegal tuna fishing for frontline officials

Solomon Islands

Solomons’ deal with Chinese developer sparks ‘concern’

October 14, 2019

The flags of the Solomon Islands and the US for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal

Solomon Islands

Uneasy Pacific makes wartime memories more important than ever

August 11, 2022

Opposition leader Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

PM ‘must take responsibility’ for Honiara tragedy, says Wale

December 2, 2021

SI prime ministerial candidate Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Manasseh Sogavare bows out of prime ministerial race in Solomon Islands

April 30, 2024

Solomon Islands

Pacific officials join global tactics workshop to combat illegal fishing

March 7, 2016

Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

June 18, 2026

Head of the University of the South Pacific's journalism programme Dr Shailendra Singh

Solomon Islands

Defend media freedom in Pacific, says USP’s journalism head

Pacific Media Watch -

May 27, 2022

Emalus USP protest

Solomon Islands

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

June 13, 2020

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands police remain on high alert in the wake of...

April 26, 2019

ABC's Tahlea Aualiitia

Solomon Islands

ABC launches new TV show, The Pacific – and its storytellers

Pacific Media Watch -

April 11, 2023

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Solomon Islands

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

May 24, 2022

Fiji Women's Rights Movement executive director Nalini Singh

Solomon Islands

Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all...

July 13, 2024

Huawei to build 161 telecommunication towers

Solomon Islands

Huawei wins US$66m contract for expanding Solomons telecom network

August 23, 2022

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

NHS pharmacy technician

Solomon Islands

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

December 20, 2020

The West Papua delegation flying the Morning Star flag at the opening of the MACFEST 2023

Solomon Islands

West Papua high on agenda as MSG leaders set to convene...

August 19, 2023

Solomon Islands

Sogavare declares full West Papuan membership in MSG ‘justifiable’

May 18, 2016

"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

Solomon Islands, Vanuatu condemn Papuan rights violations at UN hearing

June 24, 2016

Solomon Islands

US withdrawal from Pacific tuna treaty will take effect January 2017

January 21, 2016

Suspicious fishing vessels

Solomon Islands

‘Suspicious’ fishing vessels spotted in Solomon Islands waters

November 1, 2020

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

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...

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

POPULAR POSTS

Regionalism and consensus are the best safeguards

Asia Report

Foreign espionage increasing in Pacific, says NZ’s spy agency

The author, Laurens Ikinia, with extended whānau - family (he is pictured fourth from left)

Analysis

Indonesia at 81 – who owns the Land of Papua’s...

Asia Report

Fiji’s Palestine solidarity group queries ‘unprecedented’ security for Israeli embassy

Carlile House in Auckland's Grey Lynn

Civil Society

Church owning historic Carlile House talks with Auckland Council about demolishing...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Defenders of the International Criminal Court, led by the pan-European group Eumans, rally in Rome

Asia Report

‘Deranged behaviour’ – Marco Rubio slammed for US sanctions on ICC...

The Strait of Hormuz - closed

Asia Report

Correcting the Trump delusions about the Strait of Hormuz

In late-June, PNG Prime Minister James Marape instructed all provinces

Climate

‘On another scale’ – PNG province unprepared for El Niño impacts,...

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

Climate

Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...

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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

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

Cook Islands caretaker Prime Minister Mark Brown and US Ambassador Jared Novelly exchange gifts

Cook Islands

‘Teeming with life’: Cook Islands officials enthuse over NOAA deep dive

Defenders of the International Criminal Court, led by the pan-European group Eumans, rally in Rome

Asia Report

‘Deranged behaviour’ – Marco Rubio slammed for US sanctions on ICC...

The Strait of Hormuz - closed

Asia Report

Correcting the Trump delusions about the Strait of Hormuz

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

Climate

Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...