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Honiara's Chinatown in ruins

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: The painful reality – my day on the road in Honiara

November 28, 2021

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

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 battle

Coverage of decolonisation in the Pacific, the lack of women's representation in parliaments

Solomon Islands

Independent Pacific media face reckoning after US aid cuts

Solomon Islands

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

Solomon Islands

Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters

December 9, 2016

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands arms police force after 14 years

Pacific Media Watch -

May 17, 2017

Solomon Islands

‘Live, thrive in a new place’ – financing Pacific climate adaptation

August 31, 2017

Armed police with teargas masks on guard in Honiara

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands riots: Night-time curfew imposed in capital

November 27, 2021

Solomon Islands

Pacific ‘cyberbullying’, PNG student protests, ‘free’ media featured in PJR

Pacific Journalism Review -

January 31, 2017

Solomon Islands

A damning indictment of the parlous state of affairs in the...

Shailendra Singh -

August 3, 2016

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands

PM defends temporary suspension of Facebook until new law in place

November 23, 2020

MSG leaders sign the two declarations - on climate crisis and subregional security

Solomon Islands

MSG leaders defer Papua membership decision to Pacific Islands Forum

August 25, 2023

Pacific Aftershocks

Solomon Islands

Aftershocks of covid-19 threaten to undo gains across Pacific, says report

October 18, 2021

Solomon Islands

Former PM Sogavare back for sixth term in Solomon Islands poll

April 6, 2019

New Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

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

May 2, 2024

Solomon Islands

Human rights groups protest over 500 arrests of Papuan demonstrators

December 22, 2016

Solomon Islands

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

July 8, 2016

NHS pharmacy technician

Solomon Islands

Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific

December 20, 2020

SIBC under pressure

Solomon Islands

Civicus raps Solomon Islands over rights curbs, tighter media controls

Pacific Media Watch -

September 7, 2022

A training session for the UN Pacific peacekeepers cohort

Solomon Islands

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

May 19, 2025

TI Pacific corruption report

Solomon Islands

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

November 16, 2021

Solomon Islands

Solomons’ deal with Chinese developer sparks ‘concern’

October 14, 2019

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

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Solomon Islands

RSF condemns Chinese curb on reporters during Pacific island tour

Pacific Media Watch -

June 3, 2022

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Solomon Islands

Prime Minister Manele holds firm as opposition claims majority in Solomon...

March 23, 2026

Solomon Islands

MASI aims to develop regional journalism with USP boost

October 24, 2018

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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...

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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

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Look at this image. The thin white lines are what remains of the world’s most important oil artery - the Strait of Hormuz

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Iranian missile attack on US base in Jordan

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Two US soldiers dead in Jordan – Trump’s ego has restarted...

Fiji Minister of Information Lynda Tabuya

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NZ govt says it had no influence over $200,000 doco ahead...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

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EDITOR'S PICKS

The world spent 40 years building an oil reserves shock absorber for exactly this war

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The illegal US war on Iran – and now the economic...

Lyttelton local and environmental campaigner Sara Campbell

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Saige England: Capitalism. Colonialism. Why the DP World money trail leads...

The Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs

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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre blasts ‘misogynistic attack’ over MSG leadership

Reverend James Bhagwan, general secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches

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Nauru’s government announces plans for embassy in Israel

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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

The world spent 40 years building an oil reserves shock absorber for exactly this war

Analysis

The illegal US war on Iran – and now the economic...

Lyttelton local and environmental campaigner Sara Campbell

Asia Report

Saige England: Capitalism. Colonialism. Why the DP World money trail leads...

The Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs

Culture

Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre blasts ‘misogynistic attack’ over MSG leadership

Reverend James Bhagwan, general secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches

Asia Report

Nauru’s government announces plans for embassy in Israel