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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

July 19, 2023

Solomon Islands

Japanese development aid funding splits Pacific unity on key WHO post

Melanesian wantoks at AUT

Solomon Islands

Wantok students from 6 nations form solidarity Melanesian club at AUT

Baron Waqa

Solomon Islands

Baron Waqa ‘more than able’ to lead Pacific Islands Forum, says Rabuka

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Prime Minister Manele holds firm as opposition claims majority in Solomon Islands

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

Pacific Affairs Minister Aupito William Sio

Solomon Islands

Aupito heads to Fiji as government faces pressure over China strategy

May 31, 2022

Solomon Islands

Melanesian advocate criticises Pacific languages strategy ‘blunder’

October 27, 2022

Solomon Islands

Pacific ‘cyberbullying’, PNG student protests, ‘free’ media featured in PJR

Pacific Journalism Review -

January 31, 2017

Vanuatu Minister for Climate Change Adaptation Ralph Regenvanu

Solomon Islands

West Papuan supporters ‘let down’ by MSG leaders, says advocate

August 31, 2023

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

Solomon Islands

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

April 25, 2019

Rioting in Honiara

Solomon Islands

Pacific regional response to Solomons post-riots crisis takes shape

December 1, 2021

Solomon Islands

Sogavare declares full West Papuan membership in MSG ‘justifiable’

May 18, 2016

Matteo, a young Mā'ohi soldier from Tahiti, preparing for the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris.

Solomon Islands

Bastille Day message: Paris must ‘re-arm in Pacific’, says commander

July 14, 2022

Peterson Boso

Solomon Islands

Blogger Boso to file legal challenge to Sogavare over Facebook ban

Pacific Media Watch -

November 24, 2020

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

Fans at the FIFA World Football Cup semifinal match between Spain and Sweden at Auckland's Eden Park last night

Solomon Islands

FIFA boss wraps up trailblazing Pacific tour with stop in New...

August 16, 2023

Solomon Islands

NZ and Pacific countries contest Asian influence for WHO regional director

August 20, 2018

The aftermath of rioting in Chinatown yesterday.

Solomon Islands

Solomons police overrun, Australia deploys support personnel

November 26, 2021

betelnut

Solomon Islands

Tulagi bans betel nut selling as covid fears grow in Solomon...

January 22, 2022

Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"

Solomon Islands

Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

June 30, 2025

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

Media freedom in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Campaign over Solomons media freedom ‘misguided’, claims PM’s office

August 3, 2022

Pacific Aftershocks

Solomon Islands

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

October 18, 2021

Solomon Islands

Six Pacific Island nations ratify Paris Accord on climate change

Pacific Media Centre -

April 27, 2016

Solomon Islands

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

July 26, 2022

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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

Activist Mike Smith

Climate

‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...

Scenes from the Bondi Royal Commission

Analysis

NSW antisemitism hearings ‘drowned’ in the Bondi Royal Commission

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Democracy

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

Rotuman culture and language

Decolonisation

Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

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

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Analysis

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

Analysis

Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...

A "No more complicity with war crimes" banner at a "Stop Wars" march at Devonport

Analysis

Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what...

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

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

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

Fiji media workers of the Fijian Media Association celebrate a belated World Press Freedom Day in the capital Suva

Democracy

Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Analysis

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

Analysis

Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...