Monthly Archives: December 2023
Pacific journalists are strong and ‘it’s up to us’, says honoured 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...
USP prepares Pacific communities to respond to climate change
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
Right across the South Pacific region, communities are no longer living on idyllic islands -- they are facing serious problems...
‘It’s tragic’ – Palau president slams NZ govt’s oil and gas exploration plans
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...
Why West Papuans are raising a banned independence flag across Australia, NZ and the...
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...
Nine editors double down in ‘tense’ war on Gaza editorial ban meeting
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...
IFJ condemns deputy PM’s comments as threat to NZ press freedom
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...
Since the war on Gaza began, violence against Palestinians has surged in the West...
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...