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WJEC16: ‘Early bird’ arrivals start for global, Pacific journalism events

July 12, 2016

Media freedom in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Backlash after Solomons government reins in public broadcaster

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’

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Solomon Islands

China’s high-level ‘milestone’ visit to the Pacific ahead of schedule

Vanuatu's MV Matui tragedy on September 11

Solomon Islands

Seasonal weather chaos just part of picture of Pacific maritime tragedies, says climatologist

Solomon Islands

Government in Solomon Islands ‘collapsing’ as MPs change allegiance

Pacific Media Watch -

October 31, 2017

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) with Fiji's acting PM Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

Solomon Islands

US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific

February 13, 2022

Solomon Islands

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

March 14, 2016

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Solomon Islands

Top level Chinese delegation headed to Kiribati – questions over Kanton

May 25, 2022

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) voted

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands election 2024: Polling day workers cast early votes

April 7, 2024

Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers train with replica guns supplied by the Chinese government

Solomon Islands

Leaked draft China-Solomon Islands security pact causes Pacific stir

March 25, 2022

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands ‘dangles over the edge of political instability’ as three...

August 31, 2026

Fiji anti-corruption will declining

Solomon Islands

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

December 9, 2022

RNZ Pacific's new editor Koroi Hawkins

Solomon Islands

‘Calm in crisis’ Koroi Hawkins steps up as RNZ Pacific’s first...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 3, 2023

Pacific flags . . . advancing advance discussions on the the Blue Pacific

Solomon Islands

Pacific Islands Forum leaders advance discussions on regional reforms

March 28, 2025

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

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

Solomon Islands

Cook Islands plays role in Pacific research mapping media culture

Pacific Media Watch -

July 4, 2017

Masi president Georgina Kekea

Solomon Islands

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

Pacific Media Watch -

April 21, 2022

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has issued a statement saying Parliament will be closed to the public for the election of the prime minister.

Solomon Islands

Zero tolerance – Solomon Islands police on high alert ahead of...

May 2, 2024

When Omicron arrived in Australia

Solomon Islands

What New Zealand can learn from omicron outbreak in Australia

January 29, 2022

Covid-19 vaccinations being given in Vanuatu

Solomon Islands

Vaccine inequity in the Pacific: ‘We need to support our neighbours’

January 30, 2022

betelnut

Solomon Islands

Tulagi bans betel nut selling as covid fears grow in Solomon...

January 22, 2022

Solomon Islands

Loss of Australian Associated Press (AAP) a tragedy for entire Pacific

Sri Krishnamurthi -

March 4, 2020

Baron Waqa

Solomon Islands

Baron Waqa ‘more than able’ to lead Pacific Islands Forum, says...

June 15, 2024

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

SI Police Commissioner Mostyn Managa

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands police arrest 217 riot suspects, but no ‘instigators’ so...

December 3, 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

“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

Investigative journalist Nicky Hager

Analysis

Dirty Work – shining a light on the machinery of NZ’s...

Manolos Aviation in Papua New Guinea carried out an emergency medical evacuation

Editor's Picks

Mother rescued after triplets die in remote PNG community

A section of the cover of the new book Polynesian People’s Union designed by Kahu Fowler

Culture

From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

Pacific leaders urge Jakarta to allow UN rights visit to West...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national coordinator John Minto and another protester at the New Zealand aerospace summit

Asia Report

Police arrest two as protesters accused of blocking NZ aerospace summit

The Fijian Health Ministry predicts more than 3000 new cases will be reported this year

Editor's Picks

Fiji approves ‘lifeline’ needle exchange law to combat HIV emergency

Human rights lawyer Muhammad Dahleh

Asia Report

Palestinian-led parties in Israel face ‘institutional discrimination’, says lawyer

Earthjustice attorney David Henkin (left) and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa

American Samoa

American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining...

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

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national coordinator John Minto and another protester at the New Zealand aerospace summit

Asia Report

Police arrest two as protesters accused of blocking NZ aerospace summit

The Fijian Health Ministry predicts more than 3000 new cases will be reported this year

Editor's Picks

Fiji approves ‘lifeline’ needle exchange law to combat HIV emergency

Human rights lawyer Muhammad Dahleh

Asia Report

Palestinian-led parties in Israel face ‘institutional discrimination’, says lawyer

Earthjustice attorney David Henkin (left) and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa

American Samoa

American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining...