Yearly Archives: 2021
New USP research paper explores journalism culture in the region
By Pita Ligaiula in Suva
What are the views of Pacific journalists on professional ethical issues and what pressures affect their work? What is the...
NZ anti-vaxxers foil PM Ardern’s planned clinic media briefing
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did not turn up to a planned New Zealand media event at a vaccination clinic in Whanganui today where...
NZ person with covid-19 isolating at home found dead in Auckland
RNZ News
A person with covid-19 self isolating in New Zealand has been found dead.
The person was found dead in Auckland by a family member...
‘We’ve done our part’ to ward off a ‘hellish future’, says Fiji PM
By Talebula Kate
Fiji has done its part in the fight against climate change by pushing for the first international accord to include the 1.5-degree...
Anti-vaxxer attacks on PNG health workers force closure of Lae clinics
By Carmella Gware in Lae
Urban clinics in Papua New Guinea's second city Lae have closed for an indefinite period following attacks on health workers.
Anti-vaxxers...
COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but not a ‘fair...
ANALYSIS: By Robert McLachlan, Massey University
As the Glasgow climate summits gets underway, New Zealand’s government has announced a revised pledge, with a headline figure...
PM Jacinda Ardern moves covid media conference after conspiracy heckling
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand government wants to lift vaccination rates and wants to remove anything that is a barrier...
Pasifika climate activist’s cry to COP: ‘We’re not drowning, we’re fighting’
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News climate reporter
A New Zealand Pasifika climate activist has told the UN climate meeting that young Pacific people are not...
PNG police block illegal anti-vaxxer rally in Port Moresby amid fake info
By Marysilla Kellerton in Port Moresby
Demonstrators gathered in Port Moresby yesterday for a march to Parliament in protest over the covid-19 vaccines, which they...
After winning Nobel, Maria Ressa allowed to travel to US for lectures
By Lian Buan in Manila
The Philippine Court of Appeals (CA) has finally granted overseas travel to Rappler CEO and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa, who...
‘Don’t fudge with our future’, Māori climate activist warns COP26
Māori climate activist India Logan-Riley speaking on the indigenous challenge to the "colonial project" at the COP26 opening ... “In the US and Canada...
NZ pandemic restrictions easing, but snap lockdown for Tonga
RNZ News
New Zealand's cabinet has decided to ease restrictions for some, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says cases may peak this month at 200 a...
MEAA calls for halt to ‘slow erosion’ of media to safeguard democracy
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Australia’s union for journalists says Australian journalism is in crisis after years of disruption, undermining and neglect, and swift action is...
Pacific nations will be mostly unheard at critical COP26 climate summit
RNZ Pacific
Global climate talks have started in Glasgow, Scotland, but most Pacific leaders cannot get there.
While the leaders of four Pacific nations are attending...
AWPA protests over Canberra’s ‘lack of concern’ over West Papua crackdown
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Australia West Papua Association has protested over the "lack of any concern" by Canberra over worsening clashes in the Indonesian...
Bainimarama briefed on Fiji, Pacific priorities at COP26 to dodge disaster
By Talebula Kate in Suva
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was briefed yesterday on Fiji’s priority areas ahead of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) which...
Pacific ‘in peril’ if COP26 doesn’t work, warns regional church leader
By Peter Kenny in Geneva
The Pacific Islands are in grave danger and at the frontline of global climate change and the United Nations Conference...
Charlotte Bellis on Afghanistan: ‘It’s just life and death on so many levels’
RNZ News
In just a few weeks the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated sharply as millions cope without desperately needed international aid, New Zealand journalist...
Sea level rise study in Marshall Islands paints a grim picture
RNZ Pacific
A new study shows rising sea levels in the Marshall Islands will endanger 40 percent of buildings in the capital Majuro, with 96...
New Zealand reports 143 new community covid cases
RNZ News
New Zealand has reported 143 new community covid-19 cases today - 135 in Auckland, six in Waikato and two in Northland.
There were no...
COP26: Time for New Zealand to show regional leadership on climate change
ANALYSIS: By Nathan Cooper, University of Waikato
As the UN climate summit in Glasgow kicks off tomorrow, it marks the deadline for countries to make...
Eight new covid cases at Auckland care home in record 160 NZ total
RNZ News
New Zealand has reported eight new covid-19 cases, including seven residents, at an Auckland care home, adding to one announced yesterday.
This was part...