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Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’

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June 26, 2019

Justice

Tahiti’s Flosse ordered to repay millions in ‘phantom jobs’ case

Media

Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge

Human Rights

Port Moresby evicts West Papuan refugees from city settlement

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Analysis

Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’

PMC Editor -

June 26, 2019

ANALYSIS: By Pip Hinman in Sydney Long-time Australian climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call...

Tahiti’s Flosse ordered to repay millions in ‘phantom jobs’ case

June 25, 2019

Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge

June 25, 2019

Port Moresby evicts West Papuan refugees from city settlement

June 25, 2019

USP journo students head to Solomons for environmental reporting project

June 25, 2019

USP staff want Fiji’s pro-chancellor Thompson to step aside in abuse...

June 24, 2019

CLIMATE CHANGE

Analysis

Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’

PMC Editor -

June 26, 2019

ANALYSIS: By Pip Hinman in Sydney Long-time Australian climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call...

Climate

USP journo students head to Solomons for environmental reporting project

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June 25, 2019

By Rosalie Nongebatu in Suva Three journalism students from The University of the South Pacific in Suva have been selected to participate in a week-long...

New climate journalism handbook targets ‘existential problem’

June 22, 2019

Rosa Koian: PNG is rich already, we just need to care...

June 20, 2019

Remote Vanuatu journo goes above and beyond to tell stories

June 18, 2019

PNG and Solomons governments call for changes to forestry

June 14, 2019

FEATURES AND ANALYSIS

Analysis

Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’

PMC Editor -

June 26, 2019

ANALYSIS: By Pip Hinman in Sydney Long-time Australian climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call...

Bring ethics into global smart tech, warns UN cyber expert

June 22, 2019

Rosa Koian: PNG is rich already, we just need to care...

June 20, 2019

Keith Jackson: Act now over grave threat facing Australian press freedom

June 15, 2019

Timor-Leste’s lost oil millions blamed on Australia’s ‘rip-off’

June 12, 2019

Police raids on ABC: The day news theory became reality

June 8, 2019

MULTIMEDIA

Media

Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge

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June 25, 2019

Tongan journalist, publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala talks to Pacific Media Watch project's Sri Krishnamurthi. Video: Sri Krishnamurthi/Blessen Tom By Sri Krishnamurthi After 30 years as...

Court appearance: Mosque attack survivors’ and families’ painful day

June 14, 2019

Press freedom under police attack – Democracy Now! probes ABC raid

June 12, 2019

ABC raid ‘chilling’ for freedom of press, says editorial chief

June 6, 2019

PNG Parliament erupts in chaos as Speaker rejects opposition motions

May 29, 2019

Embattled O’Neill ‘handing over’ PNG’s leadership to Chan

May 27, 2019

HUMAN RIGHTS

Analysis

Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’

PMC Editor -

June 26, 2019

ANALYSIS: By Pip Hinman in Sydney Long-time Australian climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call...

Human Rights

Port Moresby evicts West Papuan refugees from city settlement

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June 25, 2019

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk About 250 West Papuans have been served notices of eviction to leave their settlement in Port Moresby, reports The National. National Capital...

Cook Islands backtracks on Rocketman ban

June 24, 2019

West Papua child soldiers in ‘cycle of violence’ with Indonesia military

June 24, 2019

Bring ethics into global smart tech, warns UN cyber expert

June 22, 2019

Rosa Koian: PNG is rich already, we just need to care...

June 20, 2019

INSTITUTIONS

Analysis

Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’

PMC Editor -

June 26, 2019

ANALYSIS: By Pip Hinman in Sydney Long-time Australian climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call...

Justice

Tahiti’s Flosse ordered to repay millions in ‘phantom jobs’ case

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June 25, 2019

By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse and 12 other people have been ordered to jointly repay millions of francs they misspent on...

Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge

June 25, 2019

USP journo students head to Solomons for environmental reporting project

June 25, 2019

USP staff want Fiji’s pro-chancellor Thompson to step aside in abuse...

June 24, 2019

Media access to MPs crucial for democracy, say Pacific journalists

June 24, 2019

MEDIA

Media

Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge

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June 25, 2019

Tongan journalist, publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala talks to Pacific Media Watch project's Sri Krishnamurthi. Video: Sri Krishnamurthi/Blessen Tom By Sri Krishnamurthi After 30 years as...

Climate

USP journo students head to Solomons for environmental reporting project

Wansolwara -

June 25, 2019

By Rosalie Nongebatu in Suva Three journalism students from The University of the South Pacific in Suva have been selected to participate in a week-long...

Cook Islands backtracks on Rocketman ban

June 24, 2019

Media access to MPs crucial for democracy, say Pacific journalists

June 24, 2019

Bring ethics into global smart tech, warns UN cyber expert

June 22, 2019

New climate journalism handbook targets ‘existential problem’

June 22, 2019

SPORTS

Australia

Israel Folau ‘misuses’ Bible to justify hatred, says Samoan Minister

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June 17, 2019

By Tulia Thompson A minister of a Pacific church in Auckland has spoken out against rugby star Israel Folau’s homophobic attack. Samoan Minister Apelu Tielu from...

New Caledonia

‘Great goal’ wins Hienghéne victory in Oceania Champions League

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May 13, 2019

By RNZ Pacific Hienghéne Sport won their maiden OFC Champions League football title after a sensational 60 metre strike by substitute Amy Antoine Roine earned...

New Caledonian football teams end NZ’s Oceania dominance

April 29, 2019

End ‘colonial mindset’ over skewed world rugby, says Samoan PM

March 13, 2019

Five Palestinians cheering for France at the World Cup 20 years...

July 15, 2018

Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu win medals at Games

April 11, 2018

SOCIO-ECONOMICS

Economics

Brexit referendum asked the wrong questions, says AUT academic

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January 22, 2019

By Anya Imandin The right answer to the wrong question over the Brexit referendum is still the wrong answer, says an Auckland University of Technology...

Economics

Contribution by Pacific community more than money, says academic

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November 21, 2018

By Rahul Bhattarai The Pacific community has contributed immensely to New Zealand's economy - but that isn't the only contribution, says a leading development studies...

O’Neill replies on Maseratis, shuns ‘racist’ critic as opponents call strike

October 15, 2018

Diabetes ‘ongoing disaster’ tops Fiji health bill at $124 million

April 16, 2018

Accidents expose lax safety hitting Indonesia’s infrastructure projects

February 15, 2018

PNG’s opposition blasts O’Neill over ‘fake budget, fake revenues’

December 6, 2017

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ARTS & PERFORMANCE

Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban

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June 18, 2019

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A prominent Cook Islands lawyer intends to take a court challenge against the censor’s impending ban of the film Rocketman, reports the...

Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman

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June 17, 2019

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The movie Rocketman is likely to be banned in the Cook Islands, despite having already been in the cinema for a...

Vanuatu student journalist launches first poetry collection and aims higher

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October 24, 2018

By Harrison Selmen in Suva, Fiji Vanuatu student journalist Telstar Jimmy launched her first poetry book in Fiji last week and vows bigger plans ahead...

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By Irra Lee Tikanga-based mahi toi and mental wellbeing come together in an Auckland artist’s work with pounamu and bone. Maha Tomo, of Ngai Tahu, Rangitane,...

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Analysis

Bring ethics into global smart tech, warns UN cyber expert

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June 22, 2019

SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Bangkok A leading cyber security expert has called on universities to play a more active role in implementing ethics...

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Will AI decide one day humans are messing up the world...

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May 21, 2019

By Arnold Chanel in Suva Countless fictional novels and Hollywood movies have time and time again provided glimpses of a scenario where Artificial Intelligence breaks...

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