Monthly Archives: December 2023

New Zealand Reporter of the Year Barbara Dreaver

By Khalia Strong Barbara Dreaver is a familiar face on Aotearoa New Zealand television screens, beloved to some, and feared by others who have been...
The University of the South Pacific's Laucala campus in Fiji

By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva Right across the South Pacific region, communities are no longer living on idyllic islands -- they are facing serious problems...
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The President of Palau has slammed New Zealand's new government for its oil and gas exploration plans as the...
Piango Pacific activists in Fiji prepare their Morning Star flags

BACKGROUNDER: By Stefan Armbruster On 1 December each year, in cities across Australia and New Zealand, a small group of West Papuan immigrants and refugees...
Many Western mainstream media covering the news about the War on Gaza conformed to an Israeli narrative

By Cam Wilson in Sydney A senior Nine staff journalist has resigned and readers are angrily cancelling their newspaper subscriptions as Sydney Morning Herald and...
NZ's Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters attends a media conference at Parliament in Wellington

Pacific Media Watch Journalists and media workers have criticised comments made by Aotearoa New Zealand's newly-elected Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters -- who claimed that...
Families from across the West Bank gather in Ramallah for an upcoming prisoner release

ANALYSIS: By Tristan Dunning, University of Queensland, and Martin Kear, University of Sydney While the world remains fixated on the devastating October 7 Hamas attacks...