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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Stephen Dziedzic |Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong
The Solomon Islands government blocked a group of Taiwanese officials from entering the Pacific country earlier this year, stirring fresh concerns in Taipei that it might be locked out of a key regional meeting in Honiara later this year.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong |Lucy Cooper
An Australian researcher has uncovered shocking accounts of workers employed on temporary visas hiding pregnancies, attempting home terminations or spending thousands of dollars to access abortions. It's an issue Pacific health associations and ministries are aware of and are working to address before workers embark on their seasonal working journeys. Meanwhile as we heard in that report women in the PALM scheme have reportedly faced sexual harassment and discrimination on the job.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Belinda Kora |Lice Movono |Adel Fruean |Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong
Across the Pacific, women are being assaulted, abused and silenced — often by those they love most. In an effort to spark change, survivors, perpetrators and frontline workers want to show you what one of the world’s worst abuse crises looks like, in the hope, that something might break the cycle. Warning: This story contains graphic accounts of gender-based violence and sexual assault. • Ritim long Tok Pisin •Every day,Lorena* says she lives in fear.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Stephen Dziedzic |Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong
China's embassy in Solomon Islands is accused of allegedly forcing a newly appointed minister in the Pacific island nation to quit an international group. The Rural Development Minister Daniel Waneoroa announced yesterday that he'd left the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Nick Sas |Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong
A new coalition of Solomon Islands MPs that includes former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare says it has the numbers to oust the country's sitting prime minister, with a vote of no confidence set for next week. In moves that will be closely watched in Canberra as Australia heads to a federal election, the group posted a photo on social media this morning — and later released a press release — claiming it now has a majority of MPs "with more indicating they'll resign from government".
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Nick Sas |Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong |Caroline Tiriman
Warning: This story depicts animal treatment that may disturb some readers. Jack Bakale, the church chairman from the island of Sulufou, in Solomon Islands, has a simple way of describing it. "For us, it's part of life," he told the ABC from his island home. "These events are our culture — dolphin calling, and hunting, is our inheritance from God."Last week, Mr Bakale's ancient cultural practice met a new type of culture: social media.
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Mar 12, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong |Stephen Dziedzic
The Solomon Islands prime minister has pushed back on Australia's attempts to extract strategic concessions from his country in return for a $190 million policing package announced late last year, saying officials are trying to hammer out a "compromise" on the issue. In an exclusive interview, Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele spoke to the ABC's The Pacific program in Honiara this week — the first time a sitting Solomon Islands leader has sat down with the ABC in almost six years.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong |Evan Wasuka |Erin Handley
The people of Rennell Island remember the dark day when an inky black bloom spread across the sea near their homes. Located in the Solomon Islands, the bay was once famed for dolphin calling — a traditional practice where locals would lure the mammals to the shore. "Rennell is one of the most beautiful islands in the world. It's a very unique island … very special," said Richie Pautangata, president of the West Rennell Landowners Association.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong |Gabriella Marchant |Nick Sas
Flying across the hundreds of islands that make up Solomon Islands, it's almost impossible not to see them. Patches of muddy and desolate ground in an otherwise lush and pristine green forest. They are logging zones, and in Solomon Islands they are everywhere. For the developing country, it is a catch 22: Logging is its lifeblood; the country's biggest export and a source of income for thousands.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong |Nick Sas
It was one of the moments of the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Eric Moussambani, better known as Eric the Eel, willing himself through the pool in the 100m freestyle. The athlete from Equatorial Guinea trained in a hotel swimming pool and had never seen, let alone swam in, an Olympic-sized pool before competing in the sport's pinnacle competition. It was a story of overcoming adversity; a different kind of Olympic triumph. So, with that, the comparisons with Solomon Islands' Sharon Firisua were inevitable.
