Monthly Archives: October 2024
PNG pulls out of COP29 in protest over world’s ’empty promises, inaction’
ABC Pacific and RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's decision to withdraw from the upcoming United Nations climate change talks has caused concern among local environmental...
Islands Business publisher Samantha Magick – storyteller, risk-taker and community champion
By Teagan Laszlo, Queensland University of Technology
For Samantha Magick, journalism isn't just a job. It is a lifelong commitment to storytelling, advocacy, and empowering...
CPJ ranks Israel second-to-top on unpunished journalist murders index in Gaza ‘relentless war’
Pacific Media Watch
Israel is the world’s second-worst offender after Haiti in letting the murder of journalists go unpunished, according to a new report from...
Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
As a three-day fact-finding mission from a group of Pacific leaders drew to a close...
US elections: Editorial writers at LA Times, Washington Post resign after billionaire owners block...
Writers resign from The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times in protest over the blocking of their editorials by the billionaire owners. Video: Democracy...
Pacific leaders’ mission to Nouméa – Mapou says New Caledonia at ‘turning point’
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
A three-day fact-finding mission, headed by three Pacific leaders, has wrapped up in Nouméa, and New Caledonia's President...
Commonwealth takes bold step to protect freedom of expression
Talamua Media
The Commonwealth Heads of Government adopted the Commonwealth Principles on Freedom of Expression and the Role of the Media in Good Governance at...
‘Outrageous’, ‘intolerable’, ‘dangerous precedent’ – world condemns Israel’s UNRWA ban
Asia Pacific Report
The United Nations and countries across the globe have denounced Israel after its Parliament -- the Knesset -- overwhelmingly passed two laws...
‘Climate’ CHOGM success for Samoa but what’s in it for the Pacific?
COMMENTARY: By Tess Newton Cain
As CHOGM came to a close, Samoa rightfully basked in the resounding success for the country and people as hosts...
Wenda praises PNG’s Marape over ‘brave ambush’ on West Papua
Asia Pacific Report
An exiled West Papuan leader has praised Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape for his "brave ambush" in questioning new Indonesian...
Echoes of a Lost Gaza – Al Jazeera documentary on a brutal war
Pacific Media Watch
Mariam Shahin has been making films about Gaza for more than 30 years.
She has also made many documentaries and short films for...
Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a presidential candidate. This...
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne
In February 2017, as Donald Trump took office, The Washington Post adopted the first slogan in its...
Pacific leaders’ troika begins New Caledonia fact-finding mission
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders' troika, along with the Fiji's prime minister, arrived in Kanaky...
Binoy Kampmark: Bitter harvests – the killing of Yahya Sinwar and ignoring the truth
ANALYSIS: By Binoy Kampmark
It prompted an outbreak of grim cheer in Israel. In Washington, there were similar pulsations of congratulation.
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was...
Kanak pastor advocates for ‘hope and ‘humanity’ as Pacific leaders visit New Caledonia
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
A Kanak pastor from the Protestant Church of Kanaky New Caledonia, attending a Pacific solidarity forum in Aotearoa,...
Remote Mangcayo school among areas hit by Typhoon Kristine floods
Asia Pacific Report
A remote Filipino school in Bicol province assisted by a small New Zealand voluntary NGO has been seriously damaged by floodwaters in...
‘We have to keep pressuring Australia to do the right thing’, says Tuvalu MP...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
Tuvalu's Transport, Energy, and Communications Minister Simon Kofe has expressed doubt about Australia's reliability in addressing the climate...
UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies
By Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews
France has been criticised for the “alarming” death toll in New Caledonia during recent protests and its “cold shower” approach...
RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring action
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Taipei
It was a heady week for the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) -- celebration...
PNG bus shooting: ‘This sort of revenge killing is unheard of’
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea police say 10 people have been tragically killed after a series of violent "revenge killings" along...
PM defends Fiji’s UN ‘ambush’ vote – challenged by human rights advocate
Pacific Media Watch
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has "cleared the air" with the Fijian diaspora in Samoa over Fiji’s vote against the United Nations resolution...
Prabowo takes power as Indonesian military set up new battalions – what now for West...
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin
In the lead up to the inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto last Sunday, Indonesia established five "Vulnerable Area Buffer Infantry Battalions"...
