Monthly Archives: April 2019

By Michael Andrew More New Zealand journalists have been seeking ways to “prevent tragedy” through their reporting, shows new research published in Columbia Journalism Review. The...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Franz Albert Joku, a former leading West Papuan independence campaigner who changed sides and became an Indonesian government supporter,...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Students enrolled in journalism programmes around Australia are working on the first national student election broadcast for the 2019 election, underpinned by...

By Megan Darby, deputy editor of Climate Home News China launched an “international green development coalition” last week, in the face of growing concern about...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Caledonian football teams Hienghène Sport and AS Magenta have ended New Zealand’s dominance of the OFC Champions League with upset...

By RNZ Pacific A Nauru opposition MP has been jailed on an assault charge. Jaden Dogireiy has been given a sentence of 13 months, which means...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Students from across New Zealand will have their say at a hui on race relations in Aotearoa next month, followed by...

By Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta Thousands of Indonesians marched from Jl. Sudirman to the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta on Saturday for the 2019...
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Al Jazeera's Listening Post analysis of the social media fallout after Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings. Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk After the Easter Sunday bombings, social...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An opposition party leader who believes there will soon be a change in government in Papua New Guinea has warned the...

By Jack Lapauve Jnr in Port Moresby Three Papua New Guinean provincial governors and two other MPs have resigned from Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's People's...

By Michael Andrew Traditional chiefs are trying to expel a US journalist from the Federated States of Micronesia island of Yap. Last week the Pacific Island...

By Koroi Hawkins in Honiara Police in Solomon Islands remain on high alert after Wednesday's riots which broke out across the capital Honiara shortly after...

By Rosalie Nongebatu, editor of Wansolwara A Solomon Islands academic says the only body that can find a legitimate solution to his country’s current crisis...

Police say some people decided to take the law into their own hands and marched through some streets of the capital, fighting, causing public...

By RNZ Pacific Police in Solomon Islands called for calm today after rioting broke out in the capital of Honiara over the election of Manasseh...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk About 60 people from the Sri Lankan community and human rights advocates gathered in Auckland's Aotea Square today in a solidarity...

By RNZ News Manasseh Sogavare has been voted in as the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands for the fourth time, polling 34 votes over his rival...

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that NZ and France will lead global efforts to try to end the use of social...

COMMENTARY: By Sylvester Gawi in Lae I grew up in the 1990s listening to NBC Radio - Radio Kundu - which was informative and always...

By RNZ Pacific Democracies across Asia and the Pacific are struggling to resist disinformation and protect press freedoms, according to a new report. Reporters Without Borders...
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The trailer for Will Watson's documentary on Bougainville peacemaking, Soldiers Without Guns. FILM REVIEW: By David Robie While a gripping film about the apocalyptic Bougainville war,...