Monthly Archives: August 2020
Indigenous peoples in Indonesia still struggle for equality after 75 years
By Fidelis Eka Satriastanti, The Conversation
Indigenous people fought alongside youth movements in the creation of an Indonesian nation. But, in the historical writing of...
Teuila Fuatai: Vitriol harms Pasifika as much as the covid pandemic
COMMENT: By Teuila Fuatai
South Auckland and its communities, specifically Pasifika, are at the centre of New Zealand's current covid-19 cluster.
As a result, media coverage,...
Student safety still a concern as PNG covid infection cases hit 333
By Aileen Kwaragu in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinean parents have been assured that everything is being done to ensure the health and safety of...
Fiji government urged to reconsider NZ$5.3 million office for PM
By RNZ Pacific
Plans for spending NZ$5.3 on construction of the Fiji Prime Minister's new office should be diverted to people affected by the covid-19...
Facebook censorship on West Papua – then deafening silence
COMMENT: By David Robie
The silence from Facebook is deafening and disturbing.
At first, when I lodged my protests earlier this month to Facebook over the...
NZ covid-19: 13 new community coronavirus cases reported
By RNZ News
New Zealand reported 13 new confirmed cases of covid-19 in the community today and no new cases in managed isolation facilities.
Director-General of...
PNG schools follow no-mask-no-entry rule amid growing covid cases
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Schools in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District resumed yesterday, with strict covid-19 protocols in place, and with several turning away...
South Auckland locals hit back against online hate around NZ covid cases
By Jean Bell, RNZ News journalist
Some South Auckland locals are hitting back at online hate directed at the area and its Pasifika community,...
11 prisoners shot dead, 1 recaptured and 33 flee in PNG jailbreak
By Marjorie Finkeo and Joan Bailey in Lae
Eleven prisoners have been shot dead in Papua New Guinea, one was recaptured and 33 others are...
Introducing The Bougainvillean … a new newspaper for the region
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A new newspaper was launched on Bougainville today coinciding with the historic first elections since last year's non-binding referendum that voted...
Fury in Tonga at new ‘spot fine’ limits quietly imposed on news media
By RNZ News
Journalists in Tonga are angry at new regulations they say clamp down on media freedom.
The Ministry of Communication passed eight regulations in...
PM Ardern changes NZ election to October 17 over covid outbreak
By RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has moved the election date by four weeks to October 17 and says she will not...
Papuan students in Bali protest over New York pact – demand freedom
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Bali chapter of the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) has held a weekend protest action at the Renon traffic circle in...
NZ covid-19: Social media in the spotlight over disinformation
By Charlotte Cook, RNZ News journalist
As covid-19 spreads around the world, it can be daunting keeping up with the information. For RNZ, the news...
Harawira slams ‘frightening’ Auckland covid exodus statistics for Tai Tokerau
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Auckland, 4pm Saturday, August 15: 50,000 vehicles stopped, less than 700 turned back.
These statistics yesterday were "frightening", says Hone Harawira of...
Thirteen new confirmed cases of covid-19 in NZ – three in hospital
By RNZ News
New Zealand has 12 new community cases of covid-19 - all in Auckland and all connected to existing cases, the Director-General of...
NZ covid-19: Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
The announcement that Auckland was going into lockdown for a second time was met with a deluge of conspiracy...
How covid-19 has undermined climate change initiatives in the Pacific
By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre
“Climate change may be slower but its momentum is enormous.” – Stuart Chape, Acting Director-General, South...
NZ health minister, director condemn critics who abuse covid-positive people
By RNZ News
Both New Zealand's Health Minister and the Director-General of Health have criticised critics who go online to abuse covid-positive people, Americold staff...
NZ traveller who arrives in Japan with covid-19 visited Rotorua and Taupō
By RNZ News
A person who arrived in Japan from New Zealand with covid-19 visited Wairakei Terraces and Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland in Rotorua and Taupō...
Former Cooks PM Dr Joe Williams in hospital – NZ cluster derails flight
By Jonathan Milne, editor of the Cook Islands News
Former Cook Islands prime minister Dr Joe Williams, 82, a distinguished medical practitioner in Auckland, has...
PNG says 175 returning workers from China followed protocols – 271 cases
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinea government has clarified that 175 workers from China who have arrived in Port Moresby from...