Yearly Archives: 2020
Webinar panel on West Papua sharply divided over media ‘black hole’
The “Understanding information about the land of Papua " webinar livestream. Video: Redaksi Jubi
Pacific Media Watch
A senior Indonesian government official and a New Zealand...
Possible Afghan Files probe journalist prosecution sparks free media law call
Pacific Media Watch
Australia's ABC has revealed the Australian Federal Police (AFP) recommendation regarding the Afghan Files investigative journalism report is for the Commonwealth DPP...
Open letter to Jakarta – Papuan self-determination isn’t special autonomy v2
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A Papuan church leader and advocate for social justice has penned an open letter to the Indonesian government calling for justice...
Many in black rally for Jenelyn and against PNG gender-based violence
Athletes from the Papua New Guinea’s national team joined the peaceful "cry for justice" march in the nation's capital of Port Moresby. Video: EMTV...
Dame Meg Taylor: We must act now over gender-based violence in PNG
OPEN LETTER: From Dame Meg Taylor to the people of Papua New Guinea
I write this as a Papua New Guinean and a daughter of...
Chris Hipkins replaces David Clark as NZ’s caretaker health minister
From RNZ News Checkpoint
David Clark is out and Chris Hipkins is in as New Zealand's new Health Minister until the election in September.
Hipkins told...
Cook Islands Speaker rules against banning political journalist
By Katrina Tanirau of the Cook islands News
Parliament’s Speaker Niki Rattle has ruled against banning Cook Islands News political editor Rashneel Kumar from reporting...
Kaiwi to undergo quarantine before moving into main Bomana prison
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Bhosip Kaiwi, the man accused of murder in the Papua New Guinean torture case, will be held at the Correctional Services...
Hong Kong protesters in NZ worried about new national security law
By Mackenzie Smith of RNZ News
Hong Kong protesters in New Zealand are worried they could be arrested if they return home because they have...
PNG’s oldest daily, Post-Courier, celebrates a half century
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby
The publishers of the PNG Post-Courier, South Pacific Post Limited, have launched 50th anniversary commemorative postage stamps to mark...
Indonesian radio gets covid creative to communicate climate crisis
By Zahra Karim Didarali
The covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has brought numerous challenges to the way journalists report and has limited the stories they’re able to...
Fiji government tries to allay covid concerns as 160 troops return
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji's health minister is trying to allay concerns about the health of more than 160 soldiers who returned from the Middle East...
Young PNG mother died of ‘blunt force’ head injuries, bruised organs
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Young Papua New Guinean mother-of-two Jenelyn Kennedy died from “head injury and bruised internal organs”, according to a doctor...
Group of youth in Vanuatu sentenced for ‘barbaric’ Wan Smolbag attack
By RNZ Pacific
Four people convicted of assaulting the director of Vanuatu's highly acclaimed Wan Smolbag Theatre Company have been sentenced for what the judge...
Doctors, family, friends ‘failed’ Jenelyn in duty of care, says PNG researcher
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby
The care of duty supposed to be provided to the young Papua New Guinean mother Jenelyn Kennedy killed last...
Rappler chief Ressa appeals over cyber libel conviction, cites errors, ‘malice’
By Lian Buan in Manila
Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa and former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr have filed a motion for partial reconsideration, appealing...
Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace
By Gordon Campbell, editor of Werewolf
For most of the past week, any consumer of this country’s management of covid-19 would think New Zealand was...
Tragic death of Jenelyn Kennedy and media ethics aired on Southern Cross
Pacific Media Watch
Host Sherry Zhang interviewed the director of the Pacific Media Centre, Professor David Robie, about the tragic life and death of Jenelyn...
Covid survey shows high anxiety and depression among Asian Kiwis
By Liu Chen, RNZ News reporter
The covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown has been tough on the mental wellbeing of Asian New Zealanders, according...
Ten PNG women and girls killed in four years in gender-based violence
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
About 10 women and girls in Port Moresby have become victims of gender-based violence and have ended their lives...
NZ gained ‘international creds’ as nuclear-free nation with Rainbow Warrior bombing, says author
From RNZ Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
New Zealand established its credentials as an independent small nation after the fatal bombing of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow...
PNG women ‘as good as dead’ say protesters calling for tougher laws
Pacific Media Watch
Protesters in Papua New Guinea and on social media have launched calls for tougher laws to protect women and girls from gender-based...