The Fiji Situation Report was the press service of the Fiji Independent News Service which was established in 1987 to publicise events related to the coups in Fiji. The Fiji Situation Report was edited by Dale Keeling, a Sydney journalist.

Fiji Situation Report, Oct 1987-Nov 1990. See Finding aids for details.

Concerns the origin and dispersal of the tribes of Israel. There are several references to Polynesian origins, especially chapters 26-28.

The oldest and longest-running news publications are those put out by the Government Information Service. This goes back to the late colonial period when the administration brought out a regular newsheet for national circulation. This was progressively upgraded until 1975 when it was decided to turn it into a weekly newspaper called The Solomons News Drum (PMB Doc 415). This was run as a general newspaper for over seven years from January 1975 until mid-1982 when it was taken over by five Solomon Islanders, renamed the Solomon Star, and run as a private newspaper. The Government Information Service has continued to publish its own newsheet (changing the name at regular intervals), using it to provide information on major policy changes, report meetings of the National Parliament, report national and provincial elections, trace developments in the public sector, cover all the main events in the political and vice-regal year, and generally provide a useful public relations outlet for whichever government is in power. (Ian Frazer, Pambu, Vol.5, No.5, May 1997)

Jul 1955-Dec 1974. Irregular in 1955-56; monthly, 1957-1963; fortnightly, 1964-1974. Includes BSI News [Magazine], Nos.1,3-6,8-11, Aug 1963-Jun 1964. See Finding aids for details.

Na Turupatu Na Lotu Katolika was published by the Catholic Mission, Solomon Islands mainly in the Gari language of Guadalcanal.

Na Turupatu, Reel 1, No.1, Jan 1911, No.3-69, Jun 1913-Dec 1929: Reel 2, No.70-143, Feb 1930-Feb 1942: No.145-149, Jan 1949-Sep/Oct 1949: Reel 3, No.150-186, Nov/Dec 1949-Mar/Apr 1956: No.188-198, Jul/Aug 1956- ? 1958: No issue No., Apr/May 1970: No.3-5, Aug/Sep 1970-Jan/Feb 1971.

The first private newspaper in the Solomon Islands after the Kakamora Reporter (PMB Doc 414) was Solomons Toktok, originally published as the Melanesian Nius and the Kiokio Nius (both at PMB Doc 416). It started in 1977 and continued publication until 1992. The Toktok might be described as the Solomons' first tabloid newspaper with its own version of sensationalist reporting (one early headline: 'Sex and Politics in Honiara - a husband's lament'). It came out in competition with the government-owned Solomons News Drum (PMB Doc 415) and was intended to have more popular appeal. (From Ian Frazer, “Solomon Islands Newspapers”, in Pambu, Series.5, No.5, May 1997.)

Solomons Toktok
Reel 1 Nos.1-110 (gaps), Aug 1977-Dec 1979
Reel 2 Nos.111-189 (gaps), Jan 1980-Aug 1981
Nos.1-34 (gaps), Jan 1982-Mar 1983
Reel 3 Nos.35-74 (gaps?), Mar 1983-Feb 1984
Nos.1-61 (gap), Feb 1984-May 1985
Reel 4 Nos.62-88 (gaps), May-Dec 1985
Nos.1-33, Jan-Dec 1986
Nos.1-69, Jan-Nov 1987
Reel 5 Nos.70-135, Nov 1987-Apr 1989
Reel 6 Nos.136-200, May 1989-Sep 1990
Reel 7 Nos.201-243, Sep 1990-Sep 1991
Nos.1-19, Oct 1991-Feb 1992
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Published monthly in Port Vila by the Chamber of Commerce.

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The Women's Clubs News was published in Port Vila prior to independence in Vanuatu.

Women's Club News Reel 1, Mar 1971: May 1971: Aug 1971: Nov 1971: Feb 1972: May 1972: Aug 1972: Dec 1972: Mar 1973: Jun 1973: Sep 1973: Jan 1974: Apr 1974: Oct 1974: Apr 1975: Sep 1975: Nov 1975: Mar 1976: Jun 1976: Nov 1976: Feb 1977: Nov 1977: Feb 1978: Jun 1980.

Vanua Scope, an independent French language weekly, was edited by Patrick Antoine Delcoite, Port Vila, Vanuatu.

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Naika was the Journal of the Vanuatu Natural Science Society. David Dickerson was the Chairman of the Society (in 1982) and the editor of their journal was Richard Pickering. The journal includes a bibliography of natural science in Vanuatu.

Nos. 1-42, 1981-1993.