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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Solomon Islands

US worried about losing out in South Pacific to Chinese influence

February 6, 2022

The Pacific and the world

Solomon Islands

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

Solomon Islands

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

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm as PM

Flying high . . . the Morning Star ensign -- banned in Indonesia -- flying alongside the Vanuatu national flag in Port Vila

Solomon Islands

‘The world is watching’ – it’s a test for Melanesian leaders over West Papua, says Wenda

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 police arrest a suspect

Solomon Islands

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

November 28, 2021

Solomon Islands

Solomons’ deal with Chinese developer sparks ‘concern’

October 14, 2019

SIBC steps up digital storytelling training

Solomon Islands

SIBC journos gear up for the Pacific Games the MoJo way...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 26, 2023

The Melanesian Spearhead Secretariat office in Port Vila

Solomon Islands

West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG

June 6, 2023

Kanak independence flag

Solomon Islands

‘Secret plots’, sovereignty and covid challenges face Pacific for New Year

January 1, 2022

Environmental activists protesting in Jakarta against forest and land fires

Solomon Islands

Activists still targeted over Indonesian forest fires and in West Papua,...

October 29, 2026

Solomon Islands

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

March 2, 2017

University of Papua New Guinea students protest against the US-PNG defence pact

Solomon Islands

Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific

May 22, 2023

Policed bomb disposal unit in Honiara

Solomon Islands

Fatal Solomon Is blast highlights key threat in country littered with...

May 11, 2021

All Media and Democracy Workshop participants were required to submit stories each day

Solomon Islands

Majuro workshop and summit spotlight media and democracy

Pacific Media Watch -

June 26, 2023

Solomon Islands

Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners

May 30, 2019

The historic signing of the nuclear-free pact, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga, took place in Majuro during the observance of the Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day on 3 March 2025

Solomon Islands

Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

March 5, 2025

Solomon Islands

Sogavare appoints eight new ministers in effort to consolidate government

Pacific Media Watch -

November 2, 2017

Solomon Islands

NZ and Pacific countries contest Asian influence for WHO regional director

August 20, 2018

Moonset after TC Harold

Solomon Islands

When Tropical Cyclone Harold meets the novel coronavirus

April 22, 2020

Solomon Islands

Pacific public health warning over Zika virus infection

January 30, 2016

SI Minister of Health Culwick Togamana

Solomon Islands

Covid-19: Three more deaths in Solomons as outbreak ‘overwhelms’ health staff

January 28, 2022

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

Censoring SIBC an ‘assault on media freedom’ in Solomons, says IFJ

Pacific Media Watch -

August 4, 2022

Solomon Islands

NZ aid workers’ open letter condemns broadcaster for Pacific ‘leeches’ attack

Pacific Media Watch -

September 21, 2018

Cyclone Maila damage in Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath

April 13, 2026

Peterson Boso

Solomon Islands

Blogger Boso to file legal challenge to Sogavare over Facebook ban

Pacific Media Watch -

November 24, 2020

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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...

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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

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Democracy

Fiji PM Rabuka delays vote on Constitution Bill after mounting pressure

Pasifika voters discuss what's important to them this NZ election

Democracy

‘Our people don’t want handouts’ – Pasifika voters seek action on...

This billboard came down in strong winds in Grey Lynn, Auckland,

Elections

NZ election day weather turns sour with lightning, heavy rain and...

A press conference at the Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) office in Jayapura on 2 November 2026 discussing the shooting of three civilians in Nduga Regency on 23 October 2026

Decolonisation

Nduga shooting victims’ families ask Papua Legal Aid Institute to oversee...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Flashback: Early days of the three-year Israeli war on Gaza

Asia Report

Getting rid of the influence of US apologists for the tragedy...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Democracy

Fiji govt being ‘hammered’ by media, says Rabuka – defends repeal...

$A fractious campaign in NZ heralds a cliffhanger election – what to watch$

Analysis

A fractious campaign in NZ heralds a cliffhanger election – what...

Al-Abd Abu Beid prepares a meal of lentils from food rations distributed by the World Food Programme

Asia Report

‘This is catastrophic’ – Gaza hit hard by UN food cuts...

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

Flashback: Early days of the three-year Israeli war on Gaza

Asia Report

Getting rid of the influence of US apologists for the tragedy...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Democracy

Fiji govt being ‘hammered’ by media, says Rabuka – defends repeal...

Al-Abd Abu Beid prepares a meal of lentils from food rations distributed by the World Food Programme

Asia Report

‘This is catastrophic’ – Gaza hit hard by UN food cuts...

The Global March for Palestine in Auckland on October 10

Analysis

How freedom of expression and democracy are denied in Aotearoa when...