Monthly Archives: September 2017

By Jonas Cullwick in Port Vila Vanuatu’s Prime Minister, Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas, says some South Pacific leaders at this month's Forum in Samoa backed off...
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Kiwi Fair Go Debate #KiwiFairGo - tonight at 8pm. OPINION: By Martyn Bradbury of The Daily Blog I love New Zealand's democracy. It’s representative, it allows...
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A flag-lowering ceremony held in the capital of Port Moresby on Saturday concluded Papua New Guinea's 42nd Independence anniversary celebrations. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media...

By Paterno Esmaquel II in Manila United Nations Rapporteur Agnes Callamard has slammed the P1000 (NZ$26) budget that the House of Representatives voted to...

OPINION: By Gary Juffa in Port Moresby "O arise all you sons of this land"... that there is perhaps one of the problems to progress...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Professor David Robie, director of the Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre, and seven academics from Indonesia’s Universitas Gadjah Mada...

By Mong Palatino of Global Voices Indonesian police in East Java are investigating a veteran journalist for comparing former President Megawati Sukarnoputri to Myanmar's Aung...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Indonesia's National Police continue to dig deeper into the Saracen group, an online syndicate accused of creating and spreading hoax news and...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk New Zealand’s Māori and Pasifika community will have a stronger presence in the country’s public media if the Labour Party succeeds...
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Boera village in Central province landowners from the PNG LNG Project to receive royalties. Video: EMTV News By Meriba Tulo in Boera village, Papua New...

By Vaidehi Shah Environmental campaigners have accused The Australian and Courier Mail newspapers in regional Queensland of being printed on paper linked to illegal deforestation...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk After two weeks of controversy, Pangu Pati leader Sam Basil and most of his party have split with Papua New Guinea's...
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Filipino Colonel Romeo Brawner gives Day 112 updates on the battle for Marawi City, Mindanao. Video: Rappler By Carmela Fonbuena in Marawi City, Philippines A...
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Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk In celebration of New Zealand's Māori Language Week, the Māori reversioning of the blockbuster Disney movie Moana will premiere tonight in...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Greenpeace climate campaigner Kate Simcock has applauded the Greens for their climate policy announced yesterday. “It’s exactly the sort of response to...

OPINION: By Mata'afa Keni Lesa, editor of the Samoa Observer On Friday, the 48th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting -- and all other related meetings...
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The Venice film festival has just ended, and one of the most challenging movies was the documentary Human Flow by Chinese artist and activist...

By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila Vanuatu's minister responsible for labour matters, Alfred Maoh, has warned foreign workers engaged in paid employment in the country...

OPINION: By Mata'afa Keni Lesa in Apia There is no doubt about it. The leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum in Apia this week have...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) says its work will continue despite a break-and-entry incident that occurred at their Boroko premises...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealand's High Commissioner in Samoa, David Nicholson, cast the first vote for the upcoming New Zealand general election from the...
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Manus Island prison ... as reported by Leah Harding about Iranian filmmaker Behrouz Boochani and the docomentary Chauka: Please Tell Us The Time at...