Monthly Archives: September 2017
What NZ’s major political parties offer on climate policy for 2017 election
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
With New Zealand’s 2017 general election just two weeks away on September 23, Pacific Media Watch looks into the policies and...
Mastermind behind murder of activist Munir still unknown after 13 years
By Dames Alexander Sinaga in Jakarta
Almost 13 years to the day since human rights activist Munir Said Thalib was poisoned with arsenic aboard a...
Forum chief promises protesters ‘voice of Papua’ will be heard in Samoa
By Elizabeth Ah-Hi in Apia
The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Dame Meg Taylor, has promised protesters that their voice on West Papua...
Australia’s ‘dirty’ coal hypocrisy threatens Pacific climate security
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
As Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull prepares to meet with his island counterparts this week in Apia, Samoa, Pacific civil society...
Jane Kelsey: Labour and the TPPA – time to come clean before election
ANALYSIS: By Professor Jane Kelsey
It is now certain that any decisions on the future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) minus the US will...
‘Shared stewardship’ of ocean key to Pacific Forum strategy
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Leaders from across the Pacific are meeting in Apia, Samoa, this week to discuss the future of the region’s oceans.
Under the...
Pōhiva blames T$60,000 ceremony bill rejection for cabinet shakeup
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
Tongan interim Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva says he suspected his rejection of a proposal by the Deputy Prime...
Naashon Zalk: Why are New Zealand’s waters so polluted?
Al Jazeera's People & Power programme investigates disturbing claims that New Zealand’s rivers and lakes are among the most polluted in the developed world....
Cambodia Daily branded ‘a thief’, forced to close over tax fight
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
One of Cambodia's last remaining independent newspapers has announced it is closing today after 24 years, the latest in a series...
Tonga’s caretaker PM Pōhiva sacks deputy and Finance Minister
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva has fired Deputy Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni and Finance Minister Tēvita Lavemaau, says a...
Papuan leaders want say in Freeport copper mine negotiations
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
The Indonesian government's decision to allow one of the world's largest copper and gold mines to operate in Papua province...
16 years on: Looking back on Bougainville’s Peace Agreement
Flashback: An EMTV News video report on the Bougainville peace.
By Fabian Hakalits in Arawa
It has been 16 years this week since the signing of...
Timely strategic research spotlights killings of journalists
A trailer for the controversial Anas investigation into corruption by Ghana's judiciary. Video: AnanseGH TV
BOOKS: By David Robie
The Ghanaian investigative journalist summed up the...
