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Victoria University's Nanai Anae Dr Iati Iati

Solomon Islands

New Zealand framing China as ‘the devil’ insincere, says Pacific lecturer

June 29, 2024

Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting 2026 in Suva

Solomon Islands

Pacific Islands Forum fails to reach consensus on anti-missile statement against China

A training session for the UN Pacific peacekeepers cohort

Solomon Islands

Australia launches ‘landmark’ UN police peacekeeping course for Pacific region

Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands riots: Wale calls for no confidence vote in ‘hiding’ PM

Solomon Islands

Pacific public health warning over Zika virus infection

Second PM candidate Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

Ready, set, go in Solomons PM race – Jeremiah Manele vs...

May 1, 2024

Moonset after TC Harold

Solomon Islands

When Tropical Cyclone Harold meets the novel coronavirus

April 22, 2020

Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau

Solomon Islands

MSG a ‘building block’ for stronger Pacific cooperation, says Kalsakau

August 24, 2023

Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare with Chinese President Xi Jinping

Solomon Islands

Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic...

March 25, 2022

Regional Pacific media "locked out" of an Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese media conference in Honiara in 2025

Solomon Islands

Press freedom: holding the MEAA line on the public’s right to...

Pacific Media Watch -

July 11, 2026

Solomon Islands

Japanese development aid funding splits Pacific unity on key WHO post

Pacific Media Centre -

September 21, 2018

Solomon Islands

Solomons PM under pressure to switch allegiance from Taiwan to China

May 20, 2019

Solomon Islands

Tsunami threat called off for PNG, Solomon Islands

January 22, 2017

President Surangel Whipps talking over the chairmanship of the PIF, making his remarks at the opening of the 55th PIFLM in Palau

Solomon Islands

Pacific leaders urged to be united behind 2050 climate action vision

September 2, 2026

President Surangel Whipps Jr at his first state visit to Taiwan in May 2025

Solomon Islands

Palau president calls exclusion of PIF partners a ‘missed opportunity’

August 19, 2025

Solomon Islands

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

Pacific Media Watch -

April 24, 2019

Solomon Islands University vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Solomon Islands

‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau

March 29, 2023

TI Pacific corruption report

Solomon Islands

Corruption in Pacific big problem – and it’s getting worse, says...

November 16, 2021

Solomon Star's editor Alfred Sasako adamant that the newspaper has maintained its editorial independence

Solomon Islands

China trying to buy influence with Pacific media as it strengthens...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 2, 2023

Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

‘Tread carefully’, opposition warns Solomons PM over geopolitical rivalries

March 28, 2022

Solomon Islands

Former PCF media intern welcomes Pacific newbies on NZ exchange

Rahul Bhattarai -

June 29, 2018

Head of the University of the South Pacific's journalism programme Dr Shailendra Singh

Solomon Islands

Defend media freedom in Pacific, says USP’s journalism head

Pacific Media Watch -

May 27, 2022

Peterson Boso

Solomon Islands

Blogger Boso to file legal challenge to Sogavare over Facebook ban

Pacific Media Watch -

November 24, 2020

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands riots push nation into slippery slide of self-implosion

November 25, 2021

A big gathering of West Papuans in support of full West Papuan membership of the MSG took place peacefully this afternoon in the capital Jayapura

Solomon Islands

Senior MSG official calls for Melanesia to remain neutral in geopolitical...

August 22, 2023

Solomon Islands

Solomons to ban Facebook but claims ‘media freedom to remain’

Pacific Media Watch -

November 17, 2020

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

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

January 12, 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

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...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

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

An idyllic scene at Taga Beach, Tinian, in the Northern Marianas

Analysis

A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C...

Islanders in outrigger canoes selling tropical fruits off Dobu in the Solomon Sea

Climate

Debt in the Pacific – systemic and current threats to regional...

Pacific Islands Forum member country flags

Analysis

West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

An United Israel Appeal tour

Asia Report

Labor and Coalition vote down bill to strip tax breaks from...

EDITOR'S PICKS

An United Israel Appeal tour

Asia Report

Labor and Coalition vote down bill to strip tax breaks from...

NZ Labour leader Chris Hipkins

Asia Report

Labour would prioritise recognition of Palestine, sanctions on Israel

The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced they would ban imports of Israeli products which originated from the illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank

Asia Report

Peters’ ‘hot air’ over Israeli settlement trade ban rules out of...

Australian Green Senator David Shoebridge seeking information from the Department of Home Affairs

Australia

‘New level of bastardry’ – Australia releases NZYQ agreement with Naoero

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

An United Israel Appeal tour

Asia Report

Labor and Coalition vote down bill to strip tax breaks from...

NZ Labour leader Chris Hipkins

Asia Report

Labour would prioritise recognition of Palestine, sanctions on Israel

The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced they would ban imports of Israeli products which originated from the illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank

Asia Report

Peters’ ‘hot air’ over Israeli settlement trade ban rules out of...

Maltese authorities must implement the long overdue measures protecting journalists and media freedom

Commentary

RSF slams ‘outrageous’ failure to bring justice 9 years after killing...