Monthly Archives: March 2019

By RNZ News New Zealand today observed the Muslim call to prayer and two minutes of silence in Christchurch and across the country, one week...

By Professor Edwina Pio New Zealand is a religiously and ethnically diverse country with an almost negligible global terrorism index. Muslims have lived in New...

By Michael Andrew Muslim students at Auckland University of Technology have praised the gestures of kindness they have received from fellow students and the New...

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced a New Zealand ban on all military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles She pledged the day...

By RNZ News A Muslim leader has told a crowd of 18,000 at a vigil in the South Island city of Dunedin this evening the...

By Dr Joe Burton in Hamilton In the aftermath of the tragic loss of life in Christchurch last Friday, the focus needs to be on...

By Anthony Kaybing in Buka Bougainvilleans have been urged to present a unified front in casting their votes when the Autonomous Region of Bougainville goes...

Stephen Colbert's satirical programme The Late Show featured NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's exchange with US President Donald Trump. Video: CBS The Late Show Pacific...

By RNZ News As the police worked to release victims' bodies to families by tonight, the first were buried this afternoon. Father and son, 44-year-old Khaled...

By Michael Andrew Religion and race-based attacks will continue as a result of the rise of online hate speech, says a leading New Zealand academic. Professor...

By RNZ Police Commissioner Mike Bush says police knew where the suspect from the Christchurch mosque attacks was going after the New Zealand shootings and...

Homes and bridges destroyed in Papua province by landslides triggered by torrential rainfall - the death toll is now 89. Video: Euronews Pacific Media Centre...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Thousands of New Zealanders have shared messages of hope and support for the Muslim whānau (community) in Christchurch and across the...

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed she will never mention the name of the man accused of killing at least 50 people in...

By Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS Pacific correspondent Tongan community leaders have called for their people living in New Zealand to wear black this week as...

Selwyn Manning, editor of Evening Report, profiles the Christchurch atrocity that has outraged and shaken a peaceful South Pacific nation. Out of the blue: It was...

By RNZ More than 50 New Zealand companies are considering pulling ads from Facebook because it allowed a livestream of the Christchurch massacre last Friday. Some...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An Auckland freelance journalist, Michael Andrew, who is completing his postgraduate journalism diploma at Auckland University of Technology, has been appointed...

By Katy Gosset of RNZ A Syrian-born woman whose husband and son were killed in Friday's terror attacks says her family was told New Zealand...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific New Zealand's Fijian community is reeling after three people from Fiji were killed in Friday's mosque attacks in Christchurch. The...

Television tribute to Roland Oldham in French. Video:Polynésie la 1ère By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's leading advocate for the victims of France's nuclear weapons tests has...

ANALYSIS: By Professor Greg Barton When lives are tragically cut short, it is generally easier to explain the “how” than the “why”. This dark reality...