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Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"

Solomon Islands

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

June 30, 2025

PNPB protesters in Jayapura rally in support of full West Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group

Solomon Islands

West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members

Helen Clark

Solomon Islands

NZ must help Solomon Islands tackle unemployment ‘time bomb’, says Clark

Solomon Islands

Chinese influence in the Pacific prompts high-level meetings

Solomon Islands

COP21: Politicians leading world to ‘very dangerous future’, says Naomi Klein

Solomon Islands

NZ to give $6m boost for USPNet telecommunications upgrade

March 27, 2018

SIBC newsroom in Honiara

Solomon Islands

SIBC chief defends ‘free’ state media broadcaster in face of tighter...

August 11, 2022

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 Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

‘Don’t enter Solomon Islands’ pleads Sogavare with Bougainvilleans

January 12, 2022

Solomon Islands

Six Pacific Island nations ratify Paris Accord on climate change

Pacific Media Centre -

April 27, 2016

Opposition leader Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

PM ‘must take responsibility’ for Honiara tragedy, says Wale

December 2, 2021

Huge container ships carrying import and export marine cargo loads

Solomon Islands

UN shipping agency endorses 1.5 degrees plan after ‘relentless Pacific lobbying’

July 8, 2023

Solomon Islands

Ordnance blast kills two foreign aid workers in Solomon Islands

September 21, 2020

Solomon Islands

Solomons’ deal with Chinese developer sparks ‘concern’

October 14, 2019

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands crush Fiji to seal place in Futsal World Cup

February 19, 2016

SIBC under pressure

Solomon Islands

Civicus raps Solomon Islands over rights curbs, tighter media controls

Pacific Media Watch -

September 7, 2022

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

Solomon Islands

Challenging start to the year in Asia-Pacific free expression

February 1, 2016

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine nominates cabinet ministers

Solomon Islands

Pacific predictions: Elections, security and regionalism top 2024 agenda

January 25, 2024

Solomon Islands National Parliament

Solomon Islands

Solomons PM condemned during confidence debate, but survives

December 6, 2021

PJR 26(1) cover detail

Solomon Islands

PJR warns growing risks and hostile laws ‘silencing’ Melanesian media

Pacific Media Watch -

August 4, 2020

Solomon Islands

O’Neill replies to PNG university student petitions but seeks ‘advice’

May 21, 2016

Solomon Islands

Fear of reprisal puts limit on Pacific human rights journalism, say...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 21, 2016

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

Solomon Islands capital Honiara

Solomon Islands

US issues vague warning ‘to respond’ if China builds military base...

April 27, 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

Henry Puna

Solomon Islands

Former Cook Islands PM elected new secretary-general of PIF in close...

February 4, 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

Under international law -- if anyone still pays attention to such things -- the Iranians have a strong case

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being...

Starlink green light . . . good news for many Papua New Guineans

Disasters

Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

"Hands up" . . . Global Sumud Flotilla protesters

Asia Report

Former Greek minister slams ‘Western complicity’ over brutal Israeli kidnap...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces

Asia Report

NZer in flotilla intercepted by Israel has concussion and possible broken...

"Hands up" . . . Global Sumud Flotilla protesters

Asia Report

Former Greek minister slams ‘Western complicity’ over brutal Israeli kidnap...

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

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

Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces

Asia Report

NZer in flotilla intercepted by Israel has concussion and possible broken...

"Hands up" . . . Global Sumud Flotilla protesters

Asia Report

Former Greek minister slams ‘Western complicity’ over brutal Israeli kidnap...

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

Asia Report

Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests