Monthly Archives: July 2016
WJEC16: ‘That day I saw the power of media, and how it can be...
In this "PNG Diehard" citizen video last month, Papua New Guinea police are seen and heard open-firing at students from the University of PNG...
Anthony Albanese, WestConnex, and the ethics of an activist journalist
A controversial roads project has angered local communities leading into this month's Federal election in Australia while the companies behind it have dumped truckloads...
PNG opposition lose no-confidence vote but challenge gagged debate
EMTV News clip featuring the restricted parliamentary debate on the no-confidence vote and closing out of discussion of student unrest.
By Serah Aupong in Port...
Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children goes on
SPECIAL REPORT: By Dr Camille Nakhid
A group of Indigenous Australian grandmothers have organised themselves to stop the Australian government from taking away Indigenous children...
Business as usual as O’Neill easily survives PNG no-confidence vote
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill easily survived as national leader of Papua New Guinea today by winning the parliamentary no-confidence...
PNG no-confidence vote today – livestreaming
Police were on full alert in the main city centres of Papua New Guinea's capital of Port Moresby today to keep watch for any...
Indonesian police under fire over arrest of Papuan students, racial abuse
By Ryan Dagur in in Jakarta
Indonesian Church officials and activists have accused police in Yogyakarta of racism and using excessive force after six Papuan...
Images: Asia-Pacific delegates make their mark at global media conference
Pacific media educators and trainers from around the Pacific took advantage of last week’s 4th World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC) to get up to...
Samoan photographer wins ‘changing lives’ artist residency in Apia
By Helen Isbister
Auckland-based Samoan photographer Evotia Tamua will use an artist residency at the National University of Samoa to complete a 20-year photography project...
UN Special Rapporteur speaks out against restrictions on free speech in Papua
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, Maina Kiai, has highlighted the issue...
West Papuans sold out for ’30 pieces of silver’, says Natuman
Compiled by Jane Joshua
Vanuatu's Deputy Prime Minister Joe Natuman believes other people are trying to use the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to drive...
MeP pushes ahead with plan for Pacific media educators and trainers
Pacific media educators and trainers from around the Pacific took advantage of last week's 4th World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC) to get up to...
Opposition MP accuses O’Neill govt of ‘bribing’ ahead of no-confidence vote
By Gorethy Kenneth
Opposition National Party Leader Kerenga Kua has accused Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's government of enticing Members of Parliament --...
PNG ethics code needs social media ‘catch up’, says council chief
The president of Papua New Guinea's media council says there is a need for the country's media ethics codes to be revised, Radio NZ...
Australia funds fisheries surveillance, new long-range patrol vessel
The Forum Fisheries Agency welcomes Australian funding of aerial surveillance in FFA member states, reports Vanuatu Daily Digest.
FFA Director-General James Movick says the service will...
Fijian Virimi Vakatawa in France 7s squads for Rio 2016
France coaches Frédéric Pomarel and David Courteix have unveiled the men's and women's squads for rugby sevens' debut at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
There...
Resource rich economies dwarf the region, ADB conference told
By Peter Solo Kinjap in Suva
The resource rich economies in the Pacific have dwarfed the entire region’s economic performance and slowing its growth, Emma...
WJEC16: ‘Real world’ journo schools face ethical dilemmas
By TJ Aumua
"Teaching hospital" is a model that is regarded as a way for journalism educators to turn their classrooms into newsrooms by immersing...
Nauru government slams Australian media ‘bias’ over elections
By Stefan Armbruster
Nauru’s newly re-elected justice minister has accused Australian media of "bias" that "failed dismally" to destabilise the government of President Baron Waqa.
The...
Speak Up-Korerotia: David Robie and panel talk citizen media and human rights
Speak Up-Kōrerotia has just produced its first "pop-up" show on Plains FM.
Explore the grit of "Exposing human rights abuses through (citizen) media" with Professor...
Herman Wainggai: 14 years on, nothing has changed for West Papua
OPINION: By Herman Wainggai
In 2002, West Papuan leaders and I traveled to Fiji to urge leaders of the PIF to support West Papua.
I also...
WJEC16: Moala’s message to global journos – ‘include Pacific in your media’
By TJ Aumua
Pacific communities know how difficult it is to have our voices and regional human rights abuses heard on a world stage and...