Yearly Archives: 2020

By Nikko Dizon and Paterno R Esmaquel II in Manila Filipinos and the people of Hong Kong are both in need of prayers over recently-passed...

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis in Sydney The man with his hands on the tiller of the Fijian economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has always been a great...

COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Wake in Melbourne How disappointing to read another opinion piece in Australian papers repeating time-old arguments that fail to acknowledge the excellent...

A SPREP webinar about the Blue Pacific vision for the peoples of the Oceania region. By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre “Our journey...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) has publicly thanked one of the Solomon islands' longest serving journalists and newspaper editors Ofani Eremae...

ANALYSIS: By Bryan Bruce in the first of a series What is the purpose of an economy? I realised this morning that it is 7 years...

By RNZ News Iconic New Zealand magazine titles NZ Woman's Weekly and the NZ Listener will resume publication immediately, with Bauer Media's titles officially sold...

By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Deputy Controller of the Pandemic Act, Dr Paison Dakulala, has announced four new covid-19 cases in...

Al Jazeera’s documentary on the plight of migrant workers during covid-19 lockdown. ANALYSIS: By Ross Tapsell, of the Australian National University The recent police interrogations of...

By Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS Pacific Correspondent The Cook Islands government's inaccurate and startling announcement yesterday about a tourism bubble opening with New Zealand as...

ANALYSIS: By Bryan Bruce The selection of Judith Collins by her colleagues as the new leader of New Zealand's opposition National Party is a last...

The AUT video ... first of this year's languags series. By Simon Smith of AUT News The Kiribati instalment in the AUT Pacific language video series...

By RNZ News New Zealand's National Party has elected Judith Collins as its new leader to replace Todd Muller, with Gerry Brownlee as her deputy...

By Ben Bilua in Suva Experts have challenged the value of immediate implementation of tourism or travel "bubbles", saying that it is too early to...

ANALYSIS: By Liam Hehir The detailed reasons for opposition National Party leader Todd Muller's shock resignation are something we are not yet given to know....

By Jimmy Kalebe in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea police have intercepted and confiscated almost K200,000 (about NZ$90,000) in K2 and K5 notes hidden in...

Pacific Media Watch Host Oscar Perress talked to contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Sri Krishnamurthi today about Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's government rejecting a...

By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News Grey Power is enraged by what it says is the "stupid and dangerous" behaviour of people fleeing managed isolation facilities,...

From RNZ Mediawatch New Zealand children use a lot less Kiwi media than they used to. New research shows its Netflix, YouTube and TikTok engaging...

From RNZ Saturday Morning Described by a Guardian reviewer as "superb hate-reading", writer and columnist Anand Giridharadas's latest book Winners Take All: The Elite Charade...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A request by the Philippines’ biggest radio and TV network for a new franchise has been rejected by a congressional committee...

The controversial 101 East episode Locked Up in Malaysia's Lockdown on 3 July 2020. Video: Al Jazeera Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Malaysian police summoned six Al...