The Contrarian

The Contrarian is a Melanesian  published weekly featuring polemics, invectives, and cartoons in the. The magazine is highly critical of most and  politics, and focuses mainly on attacking groups and figures with ideologies that purport  and  in general. The Contrarian is self described as ultra-, and frequently endorses more radical members of the Socialist Party of Melanesia.

The Contrarian was founded on 8 August 1955 as a weekly paper dedicated to criticising the foundation of a new nation by recent colonists to the island of. Although at first unpopular, the magazine quickly became known upon expanding its breadth to satirising the politics of the new nation as a whole, and in such, gaining a great deal of popularity as the first satirical outlet of the country. The Contrarian soon developed its own political standings on issues, and with the formation of the Socialist Party in 1955, the magazine independently aligned itself to leftist movements.

As of 1958, The Contrarian is the most popular satirical magazine in Melanesia, and it is headquartered and published in San Juliana.