Yearly Archives: 2024

EDITORIAL: The Samoa Observer editorial board The Samoan government’s attempt to control the media for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is a slap across...

Pacific Media Watch Two open letters on the genocidal Israeli war against Palestine sent to The Press for publication have been ignored in the continued...

By Anusha Bradley, RNZ investigative reporter A Hamilton couple convicted of exploiting Pacific migrants have had their convictions quashed after the New Zealand's Court of...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has successfully thwarted a vote of no confidence after 75 MPs...

Asia Pacific Report The Victorian Greens have demanded an independent inquiry into Australian police tactics and alleged excessive use of force today against antiwar protesters...

With similar Israel divestment motions having been passed at City of Sydney and Canterbury/Bankstown Councils, many had expected the motion to pass in what...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia's domestic carrier Air Calédonie is set to launch a biweekly international connection to neighbouring...

Student Justice for Palestine Pōneke After almost a year of consistent pressure from the student body, the Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) Foundation has announced...

COMMENTARY: By Binoy Kampmark in Melbourne Between tomorrow and Friday, the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) will host a weapons bazaar that ought to...

ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Another church has been set alight in New Caledonia, confirming a trend of arson which...

Asia Pacific Report Officials in the United States have said that Washington still does not “know with full certainty what transpired” when a US citizen...

By Efe Özkan Pro-Palestinian anti-war activists in Australia have protested in Melbourne, disrupting a defence expo set to open on Wednesday. Protesters gathered yesterday in...

COMMENTARY: By Belén Fernández In July 2014, shortly after the kickoff of Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge” in the Gaza Strip -- a 51-day affair that...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The Fiji government is backing the appointment of the country's new anti-corruption chief who was under investigation by the...

Inside PNG In his address to Papua New Guinea, the Sovereign Head of the Vatican and the Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, called...

RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter "Anticipation is growing. The warriors are ready. They're preparing themselves. The paddlers are already on their...

OPEN LETTER: Our Action Station Dear TVNZ, We are deeply concerned with the misleading nature of the journalism presented in your recent coverage of the escalating...

By Matilda Yates, Queensland University of Technology “From a white perspective it is journalism but for us, it is actually storytelling,” says Fiji student...

COMMENTARY: By Brittany Nawaqatabu in Suva Regional leaders will gather later this month in Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Tonga...

Of the international intelligence information that comes to Australian agencies from the Five Eyes, 90 percent comes from the CIA and related US intelligence...

By Brooklyn Self, Queensland University of Technology Gendered online violence is silencing women journalists in Fiji, says Pacific media scholar Dr Shailendra Singh. The harmful trend...

Environmental destruction is not an unintended side effect, but a primary objective in colonial wars of occupation. By David Whyte and Samira Homerang Saunders Many in the international...