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Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

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

March 28, 2022

SIBC newsroom in Honiara

Solomon Islands

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

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

Solomon Islands

Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal attack

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands, Vanuatu promote MSG support for West Papua

Get vaccinated against covid warning

Solomon Islands

Warnings to anti-vaxxers slowing rollout in Solomons and PNG

NZ Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni

Solomon Islands

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

April 17, 2023

Members of RAMSI military destroy surrendered weapons

Solomon Islands

Transform Aqorau: Rethinking Solomon Islands security – focus on arms unsustainable

April 5, 2022

Suspicious fishing vessels

Solomon Islands

‘Suspicious’ fishing vessels spotted in Solomon Islands waters

November 1, 2020

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

Australian infantry in Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Tributes made to Anzac and Pacific soldiers killed in world wars

April 26, 2023

Rioting in Honiara

Solomon Islands

Pacific regional response to Solomons post-riots crisis takes shape

December 1, 2021

Solomon Islands

Data collection on children in Pacific ‘poor’, says UNICEF

March 16, 2018

Fijian troops being briefed

Solomon Islands

50 Fiji troops join Australian, PNG forces boosting Honiara security

November 30, 2021

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden

Solomon Islands

As Australia signs up for nuclear subs, NZ faces hard decisions...

March 18, 2023

Multichannel approach by ABC

Solomon Islands

The ABC’s role in Australia’s Pacific reset – valued and highly...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 5, 2022

Solomon Islands

Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: The desecration of Oceania’s sacred place of learning

June 14, 2020

PNG Police Commissioner David Manning

Solomon Islands

PNG’s police deployment in Honiara ‘vital’ for regional security

November 30, 2021

New Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Jeremiah Manele is new Solomon Islands PM with ‘100 day plan’

May 2, 2024

Invoking the Pacific's Biketawa Declaration

Solomon Islands

Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges

April 18, 2026

Solomon Islands National University's vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict

March 3, 2026

Solomon Islands

More women in Solomon Islands politics — how it needs to...

June 9, 2017

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

New Zealand forces deployed to Solomon Islands in wake of riots

December 1, 2021

Solomon Islands

Indonesia may appoint special envoy to South Pacific

April 1, 2016

Solomon Islands

NZ should learn from Pacific on media freedom issues, says PMC...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 3, 2019

Solomon Islands

Regional meeting eyes Pacific climate migration and displacement

December 7, 2016

Vanuatu's public broadcaster VBTC reporting on the Melanesian Spearhead Group's denial of full membership for West Papua

Solomon Islands

OPM accuses Melanesian group of taking Jakarta’s ‘blood money’ at expense...

August 27, 2023

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

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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

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters mark the announcement of the Penrhyn port project in Palau

Climate

US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

The MSG membership flags

Asia Report

Melanesian countries to review Indonesia’s status at MSG if no action...

The University of Sydney

Asia Report

Alumni revolt over Israel: 450 Sydney Uni staff, graduates accuse university...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Solomon Islands

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

EDITOR'S PICKS

Leaders at the round table for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting Plenary in Koror, Palau

Solomon Islands

Pacific Islands Forum: Should outside nations be allowed at the leaders’...

The MSG membership flags

Asia Report

Melanesian countries to review Indonesia’s status at MSG if no action...

Secular Jewish socialist and peace activist Tony Greenstein

Analysis

The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs...

Fiji's Lautoka City Council says it has started in collaboration with the Fiji Police Force

Civil Society

Who is responsible? Glaring lack of clarity over Fiji operation to...

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

Leaders at the round table for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting Plenary in Koror, Palau

Solomon Islands

Pacific Islands Forum: Should outside nations be allowed at the leaders’...

The MSG membership flags

Asia Report

Melanesian countries to review Indonesia’s status at MSG if no action...

Secular Jewish socialist and peace activist Tony Greenstein

Analysis

The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs...

Colonel Nochi Mendel ordered the Israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers in April 2024

Asia Report

‘Not sorry’ – will international pressure mean justice for Zomi Frankcom?