Yearly Archives: 2021

Waikeria protest supporters

By RNZ News The 16 protesters at Waikeria Prison have surrendered to authorities after a six-day stand-off. The news that the men had ended the stand-off...
Waikeria Prison

By RNZ News Amnesty International is calling on New Zealand's Corrections Minister to ensure force is not used to end the impasse at Waikeria Prison...
Mata'afu Keni Lesa

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Award-winning editor Mata'afa Keni Lesa is moving on from the Samoa Observer after 22 years, reports Samoa Global News. Mata’afa Keni Lesa...
Carmela Fonbuena

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has named former Rappler reporter and book author Carmela Fonbuena as its next executive...
James Marape

COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae Dear Prime Minister Marape Our government has to admit the fact that there is a glaring imbalance between Papua New...
Matilda Koma

By Harlyne Joku in Port Moresby A concerned Papua New Guinean woman leader and NGO activist, Matilda Koma, has called on the Central provincial government...
Nduga internal refugees

By Benny Mawel in Jayapura "Merry Christmas, 25 December 2020," says the graffiti displayed in the yard of the Nduga student dormitory in the study...
Saki disaster

SPECIAL REPORT: By Central Governor Robert Agorobe at Saki, Papua New Guinea It was with a heavy heart when we flew into the landslide disaster...
RSF Roundup 2020

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A total of 50 journalists were killed worldwide in 2020, according to the second part of the annual round-up of abusive...
'Battling Laavasa'

By RNZ Pacific Playwrights, teachers, reverends, advocates, athletes and a former boxer are among the 13 Pacific people who have received New Year's Honours, a...