Monthly Archives: June 2017
Southern Cross: 30 years of N-free Aotearoa – Pacific leaders seek healthier oceans
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
AUT Pacific Media Centre's Pacific Media Watch freedom project editor Kendall Hutt speaks with 95bFM's The Wire host Amanda Jane...
Images: NZ peace activists pay homage to 1987 nuclear-free law campaigners
New Zealand peace activists gathered together at the weekend in Devonport -- home of the country's first "nuclear-free zone" -- to pay homage to...
PNG police, forces launch Moresby security operation for elections
The joint parade of disciplinary forces in Port Moresby at the weekend. Video: EMTV News
By Theckla Gunga in Port Moresby
A joint parade between members...
Flashback to NZ’s nuclear-free law 1987: Challenging Goliath
New Zealand quietly celebrated 30 years of its official status as a “nuclear-free” country this week, marking the time when NZ Nuclear Free Zone,...
‘Fake news’ unlikely to gain presence in NZ media, says journalism panel
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Seasoned journalists and academics have warned "fake news" could invade New Zealand's media if journalists do not remain vigilant.
"It's about...
Pacific leaders drive call for healthier oceans at UN conference
Campaigning to save threatened Pacific and global fish stocks. Video: UN
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Political leaders from across the Pacific have played a central role...
‘We’re going to survive war on drugs,’ university dealers tell Duterte
By Roy Abrahmn Narra in Manila
Drug dealers and users at a private university in the Philippines capital of Manila are confident they will survive...
More women in Solomon Islands politics — how it needs to be done
In this University of the South Pacific's student journalist documentary broadcast on Radio Pasifik, Wansolwara’s Elizabeth Osifelo investigates the issue of women participating in...
Greenpeace Indonesia protesters target US climate policy ‘disaster’
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Greenpeace Indonesia has staged a protest in front of the US embassy in Jakarta over the decision of President Donald...
Wansolwara student journos report on West Papua human rights struggle
By Vilimaina Naqelevuki in Suva
Media access to West Papua, where more than half a million of its indigenous people have reportedly been killed over...
One year after vowing support for Games, Pohiva calls for another host
By Philip Cass in Auckland
It is just under a year since the Tongan government assured the Pacific Games Council that it was fully committed...
Contemporary Pacific dance festival showcase ‘first of its kind’
By Brandon Ulfsby in Auckland
Contemporary dance is set to take centre stage at next week's Pacific Dance Festival.
The two week-long festival organised by Pacific...
Pacific Ocean: ‘We cannot let history repeat itself – we’re not guinea pigs’
OPINION: A Pacific World Oceans Day message from Youngsolwara Pacific and MISA4thePacific
As regional leaders gather in New York for the week-long United Nations oceans...
NCTV team drops in on AUT’s Pacific Media Centre and Screen programme
NCTV's latest news bulletin.
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
New Caledonia TV's chief executive Laurent Le Brun and colleagues made a flying visit to AUT's Screen...
Opposition will ‘not let up’ to planned seabed mining in Philippines
By Rachel E. Llorca in Manila
Fishermen from the archipelagic province of Romblon in the Philippines are opposed to planned deep sea mining ventures...
Philippines suspends deployment of overseas workers to ‘isolated’ Qatar
Rappler wrap-up on the Qatar crisis.
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
The Philippines has suspended the deployment of workers to Qatar after several Gulf states severed...
PNG’s Tekwie calls for stronger backing for women in Parliament
PNG Women in Politics founder Dorothy Tekwie pleads for change in this general election. Video: TVWan News
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Papua New Guinea's Greens...
Gary Juffa: Beware betrayal and evil puppets – choose warrior leaders
OPINION: By Gary Juffa
Everywhere one goes in Papua New Guinea, one is met with the hopeful, innocent faces of the future ... our children.
They...
Indonesia mobilises warships, intelligence forces to ‘block’ IS
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Indonesian Military (TNI) has begun mobilising its forces -- including warships and intelligence operations -- in northern parts of Indonesia...
Fred Wesley: Our environment message needs to be in every corner of the globe
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley
Today is a special day. On June 5 every year there is a concerted effort to promote awareness on the importance...
Radio Tarana’s Khan honoured for services to radio, Indian community
Radio Tarana's honours video message from Robert Khan.
Pacific Media Watch
The founder and chief executive of New Zealand’s leading Indian radio network, Tarana, has today...
Paris climate agreement ‘still best avenue’ for solutions, says Forum
The European Union and China step up climate collaboration. Video: Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
The Pacific Islands Forum remains committed to the Paris...