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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden

Solomon Islands

As Australia signs up for nuclear subs, NZ faces hard decisions over the AUKUS alliance

March 18, 2023

Get vaccinated against covid warning

Solomon Islands

Warnings to anti-vaxxers slowing rollout in Solomons and PNG

Solomon Islands

Japanese development aid funding splits Pacific unity on key WHO post

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 Caledonia

Solomon Islands

Asian and Pacific nations struggling over media self-censorship, says RSF

Freelance journalist Georgina Kekea

Solomon Islands

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

Pacific Media Watch -

December 3, 2021

A member of the Police Response Team in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

‘Not an attempt to militarise our nation’ – Solomon Islands considers...

October 21, 2025

A New Zealand news report on the Middle East conflict on 1News

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islanders safe but unable to leave Israel amid war on...

June 18, 2025

The Honiara riots

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands downgraded over riots, troubles in new CIVICUS report

Sri Krishnamurthi -

December 9, 2021

Did Xi shoot the Sheriff?

Solomon Islands

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

April 21, 2022

Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad

Solomon Islands

Prasad criticises NZ, Australia over not addressing ‘democratic deficit’ in Pacific...

July 26, 2022

Solomon Islands

Ordnance blast kills two foreign aid workers in Solomon Islands

September 21, 2020

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

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

IFJ condemns Solomons threat to ban ‘disrespectful’ foreign journalists on China

August 26, 2022

The Anzac Day ceremony at the Wellington war memorial

Solomon Islands

Anzac Day remembered at dawn services across the Pacific

April 25, 2022

The Melanesian Spearhead Group pact signing in Port Vila yesterday

Solomon Islands

Melanesian leaders sign security and climate crisis declarations

August 25, 2023

Solomon Islands

Landmark report into illegal fishing will boost control efforts in Pacific

March 22, 2016

Republic of Marshall Islands President David Kabua

Solomon Islands

‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity

February 21, 2023

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’...

July 5, 2023

Solomon Islands

Indonesia may appoint special envoy to South Pacific

April 1, 2016

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands students ‘denied’ opportunity to vote in election

April 5, 2019

Miss Pacific Islands 2025, Litara Ieremia-Allan (left)

Solomon Islands

‘Damage has been done’ – Miss Pacific pageant statement too late,...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 14, 2025

Solomon Islands

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

April 26, 2019

Royal Solomon Islands Police Force

Solomon Islands

Malaita’s M4D group declared illegal for alleged role in Solomons riots

December 9, 2021

The Pacific is not some rogue part of Tasmania. It’s an ocean of independent countries.

Solomon Islands

Solomons security shambles, and now it’s time for realism over hype

April 26, 2022

PJR 26(1) cover detail

Solomon Islands

Media under strain in Melanesia during challenging era

Pacific Media Watch -

August 7, 2020

Solomon Islands

Campaign ‘blackout’ in force ahead of Solomon Islands election

April 2, 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

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

US target on leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...

Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield

Asia Report

‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture

New Zealand Gaza flotilla supporters welcome home two Kiwi activists from brutal Israeli detention at the weekend

Analysis

Gaza freedom flotilla – reluctance of the West to protest Israel’s...

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 treatment

EDITOR'S PICKS

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 treatment

ISA's Secretary-General Leticia Carvalho

Development

Pacific nations shaping future of seabed mining rules, says ISA chief

Film director Dandhy Laksono

Asia Report

‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on documentary

A recent New Zealand pro-Palestinian and pro-Iranian rally which condemned the double standards over Israel's nuclear weapons

Analysis

Double standards? Why Israel’s nukes get a ‘pass’ while Iran is...

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

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 treatment

ISA's Secretary-General Leticia Carvalho

Development

Pacific nations shaping future of seabed mining rules, says ISA chief

Film director Dandhy Laksono

Asia Report

‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on documentary

A recent New Zealand pro-Palestinian and pro-Iranian rally which condemned the double standards over Israel's nuclear weapons

Analysis

Double standards? Why Israel’s nukes get a ‘pass’ while Iran is...