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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (from left), PNG Prime Minister James Marape (standing) and Defence Minister Win Daki after signing the US-PNG defence cooperation pact in Port Moresby

Solomon Islands

How Washington teamed up with PNG to pip Canberra for ‘control’ of region

July 5, 2023

Solomon Islands Chief Electoral Officer Jasper Anisi told RNZ Pacific all elections materials have been distributed and the country is ready to go to the polls

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Let the games begin – coalition negotiations underway in Honiara

Solomon Islands police officers being trained by China

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Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers

Freelance journalist Georgina Kekea

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands riots: ‘We’ll shoot you with stones’ abuse for journalists

Peterson Boso

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Blogger Boso to file legal challenge to Sogavare over Facebook ban

Solomon Islands

Pacific knowledge, smart media used to tackle mosquito-borne diseases

February 1, 2018

Moonset after TC Harold

Solomon Islands

When Tropical Cyclone Harold meets the novel coronavirus

April 22, 2020

Solomon Islands National Parliament

Solomon Islands

Solomons PM condemned during confidence debate, but survives

December 6, 2021

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi

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RSF condemns Chinese curb on reporters during Pacific island tour

Pacific Media Watch -

June 3, 2022

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Pacific-wide study tipped to show ‘real value’ of lost fisheries

March 14, 2016

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Campaign ‘blackout’ in force ahead of Solomon Islands election

April 2, 2019

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Solomon Islands crush Fiji to seal place in Futsal World Cup

February 19, 2016

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Human rights groups protest over 500 arrests of Papuan demonstrators

December 22, 2016

The Civicus "civic freedoms" in the Pacific report

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Civicus raps 8 Pacific countries for ‘not doing enough’ to protect...

Pacific Media Watch -

November 26, 2025

Solomon Islanders queuing up to cast their ballots

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‘The right person’: What did Solomon Islanders vote for?

April 18, 2024

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Former PM Sogavare back for sixth term in Solomon Islands poll

April 6, 2019

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Gallery: Pacific student journalists show their stuff on USP awards night

October 22, 2018

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Watchdog role of media highlighted in USP journalism talk

Pacific Media Watch -

April 24, 2018

Solomon Islands passports

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Solomon Islands tops passport index for region’s global rankings

January 10, 2025

Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste

Solomon Islands

The West v China: Fight for the Pacific – Episode 1:...

May 21, 2025

Australia's Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy

Solomon Islands

Australian strategy plans $75m boost for Indo-Pacific media development

Pacific Media Watch -

July 15, 2024

Did Xi shoot the Sheriff?

Solomon Islands

Dan McGarry: How to do something about Australia’s Pacific ‘stuff up’

April 21, 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

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

Fiji anti-corruption will declining

Solomon Islands

An update on the ‘good governance coup’ – political will, corruption...

December 9, 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

Malaita province Premier Daniel Suidani

Solomon Islands

Malaita plans self-determination poll to see if it’s ‘still in the...

December 8, 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

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

$"And now the world acts shocked because foreign activists were finally subjected to a fraction of what Palestinians have endured for decades$

Analysis

Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they...

The documentary Pesta Babi has stirred discussions about Papuan development and the impact of deforestation policies

Asia Report

Pesta Babi doco stirs West Papuan development debates and ‘crackdown’

New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts

Analysis

Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

Sydney CAM Rally . . . CAM uses tactics including social media, lobbying politicians and convening conferences to relentlessly pursue its goal of entrenching the IHRA definition of antisemitism into policy at all levels

Analysis

Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion

EDITOR'S PICKS

Sydney CAM Rally . . . CAM uses tactics including social media, lobbying politicians and convening conferences to relentlessly pursue its goal of entrenching the IHRA definition of antisemitism into policy at all levels

Analysis

Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025

Analysis

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out

Asia Report

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Asia Report

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

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

The moment "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia was gunned down

Crime

Samoan police investigate after pair admit killing ‘Coconut Cartel’ ringleader in...

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025

Analysis

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out

Asia Report

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Asia Report

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture