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Cleaning up the gutted Kukum traffic police station

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Buildings burned in looting after Solomon Islands protest

November 24, 2021

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 Iran

Solomon Islands

WJEC16: Pacific media educators struggle to find answers for common problems

Solomon Islands

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

TVNZ's 1News and Kiribati

Solomon Islands

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

Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad

Solomon Islands

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

July 26, 2022

Masi president Georgina Kekea

Solomon Islands

‘Respect’ work of journalists and media, Masi tells Solomons police

Pacific Media Watch -

April 21, 2022

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

Members of the Indonesian delegation at the Melanesian Leaders' Summit pre-meeting of the Foreign Ministers' in Port Vila last month

Solomon Islands

Indonesia responds after claim official attempted to bribe RNZ Pacific journalist

Pacific Media Watch -

September 5, 2023

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

No-confidence motion against Solomon Islands PM withdrawn

September 7, 2026

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

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

Solomon Islands

Let the games begin – coalition negotiations underway in Honiara

April 17, 2024

Solomon Islands

West Papuans in Vanuatu reject Jakarta response to Solomons PM

May 25, 2016

Solomon Islands Coat of Arms

Solomon Islands

‘To lead is to serve’ – Governor-General to call PM election...

April 27, 2024

Solomon Islands

Campaign ‘blackout’ in force ahead of Solomon Islands election

April 2, 2019

NZ Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni

Solomon Islands

NZ boosts support for ‘grassroots’ climate action in Solomon Islands

April 17, 2023

Pacific Islands Forum "troika-plus" leaders have visited Kanaky New Caledonia on a fact-finding mission

Solomon Islands

Pacific leaders’ mission to Nouméa – Mapou says New Caledonia at...

October 30, 2024

Morning Star flags of West Papuan independence on display at MACFEST2023

Solomon Islands

Yamin Kogoya: ‘Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future’ – culture and...

July 24, 2023

Solomon Islands

Solomons PM under pressure to switch allegiance from Taiwan to China

May 20, 2019

Newspaper street vendors in Honiara.

Solomon Islands

How China is manipulating the information war in the Pacific

March 17, 2022

Solomon Islands

MSG, ACP and the (almost) forgotten case of West Papuan independence

July 8, 2016

A graceful young Melanesian dancer shares her culture

Solomon Islands

Melanesians gathering for ‘unique’ NZ cultural event to celebrate identity

October 17, 2023

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

The aftermath of rioting in Chinatown yesterday.

Solomon Islands

Solomons police overrun, Australia deploys support personnel

November 26, 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

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

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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

The Reichstag Fire 1933

Civil Society

Donald Trump – in search of a 1933 ‘Reichstag Fire’ moment...

UNGA adopts the political declaration on pandemic prevention

Global

‘Humiliating’ – former PM Helen Clark slams NZ abstention on United...

The shunning of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Analysis

Jonathan Cook: The West wants Netanyahu gone – so Palestinians can...

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay

Asia Report

A triumph for global justice – why Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace...

EDITOR'S PICKS

No adversary has damaged Western civilisation as profoundly as Israel

Analysis

Iran never made the West abandon its own principles. Israel did.

Candidates Alani Fisher Taione, Lemauga Lydia Sosene, and Vicky Hau

Civil Society

Māngere voters left ‘wanting more’ as local candidates pitch for support

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay

Australia

Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay praised, pilloried, ignored by Australia

Masked Kumul 23 elite police tactical force members

Crime

Eight dead in September violence at Papua New Guinea’s troubled Porgera

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

No adversary has damaged Western civilisation as profoundly as Israel

Analysis

Iran never made the West abandon its own principles. Israel did.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay

Australia

Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay praised, pilloried, ignored by Australia

UNGA adopts the political declaration on pandemic prevention

Global

‘Humiliating’ – former PM Helen Clark slams NZ abstention on United...

Masked Kumul 23 elite police tactical force members

Crime

Eight dead in September violence at Papua New Guinea’s troubled Porgera