Yearly Archives: 2022
Media Council condemns EMTV over ‘dangerous’ suspension of news chief
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Media Council of PNG has condemned the suspension of the news chief of Papua New Guinea's major television channel, EMTV,...
Police arrest 3 NZ anti-vax protesters after push through Beehive barrier
RNZ News
Police handcuffed three people after protesters today tried to push through a barrier on the grounds of New Zealand's Parliament -- known as...
Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass
RNZ News
More than 50 police have formed a ring around the front of New Zealand's Parliament today edging up to a line of protesters...
Suspension of EMTV’s news chief sparks PNG journo protests
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Suspension of the news manager of Papua New Guinea's major television channel, EMTV, has sparked a flurry of protest from senior...
Latest covid-19 reports roundup across the Pacific
RNZ Pacific
Several hundred more cases of covid in Solomon Islands ... Kiribati records first covid death ...nearly 12,000 in isolation in New Caledonia ......
Temaru defence controversy in Radio Tefana political case revisited
RNZ Pacific
Investigators in French Polynesia have reassessed their case against the pro-independence leader Oscar Manutahi Temaru, who has challenged the seizure of his US$100,000...
Mary Argue: Why have scholarships dried up for Papuan ‘band of brothers’?
COMMENTARY: By Mary Argue of the Wairarapa Times-Age
In 2016, I was on a yacht in the Bahamas.
Every morning I woke surrounded by postcard-perfect azure...
PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ omicron peak could be in late March
RNZ News
After a record number of covid-19 cases were reported on Saturday, New Zealand's prime minister believes the country's omicron peak may be in...
Indonesian policy switch cuts off funding for Papuan students in NZ
By Matthew Scott of Newsroom
International students in New Zealand are appealing to the Indonesian government in response to funding being pulled for the autonomous...
NZ health expert reminds people to get tested for covid-19 as rates fall
By Kim Moodie, RNZ News reporter
A public health expert is urging New Zealanders to keep up the testing momentum, as testing rates take a...
New Caledonia covid outbreak now approaching five figures
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's covid-19 outbreak continues to spread with almost 10,000 active cases.
This includes 1289 new infections detected over the preceding 24 hours.
Twenty five...
Chinese project experts arrive in Solomons amid pandemic surge
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
A team of four experts from China have arrived in Honiara for on-site feasibility studies on two projects amid the...
Critics slam Indonesian green capital move – ‘heaven surrounded by hell’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A number of national figures in Indonesia have criticised the project to move the state capital (IKN) from Jakarta to East...
‘With togetherness, we overcome,’ says NZ’s Ardern on Waitangi Day
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's prerecorded speech marking the historic 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Māori chiefs and the colonial government made from the treaty...
US worried about losing out in South Pacific to Chinese influence
COMMENTARY: By Michael Field in Auckland
China’s activities in the South Pacific are causing growing alarm in Washington, forcing US Secretary of State Antony...
Papuan students form umbrella body, reaffirm campaign for education rights
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
An umbrella organisation representing Papuan students worldwide has been formed with a renewed commitment to strengthening their efforts to gain “quality...
Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after Cyclone Winston
ANALYSIS: By Suzanne Wilkinson, Mohamed Elkharboutly and Regan Potangaroa, Massey University
While news from Tonga is still disrupted following the massive undersea eruption and tsunami...
New Zealand posts record 243 new daily covid cases in community
RNZ News
New Zealand has recorded its highest number of community cases in one day, with 243 new cases reported today.
The previous highest number of...
Journalism academics question News Corp’s deal with Google and Melbourne Business School
ANALYSIS: By Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne; Alexandra Wake, RMIT University, and Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University
News Corp Australia and Google have announced the...
Chaos as PNG airlines cancel flights with majority of staff off sick
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby
Air travellers were left stranded and fuming country-wide as airlines Air Niugini and PNG Air hit a rough patch...
NZ deserves far more respect for keeping covid deaths so low
ANALYSIS: By Peter Davis
With the arrival of the omicron variant on our shores, it is hard to believe, judging by the media coverage --...
Iwi clinic egged as anti-vaxxers force caution in vaccine rollout for tamariki
By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporting
Māori health providers in Aotearoa New Zealand are holding back on covid-19 vaccinations for children in the face of...