Yearly Archives: 2024
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"...
Rabuka’s message to free Kanaky movement: ‘Don’t slap the hand that feeds you’
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is cautioning New Caledonia's local government to "be reasonable" in its requests from...
‘We’ll be talking about the future of negotiations’, says Rabuka on New Caledonia mission
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist in Apia
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he will take a back seat in the upcoming Pacific leaders'...
NZ’s Labour calls on other cities to follow Israel boycott lead
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand's opposition Labour Party has backed Christchurch City Council and called for other cities to block business with firms involved in...
UN rapporteur condemns Israeli ‘death sentence’ claim trying to silence last Gaza journalists
Pacific Media Watch
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, says Israel’s declaration that six...
Indonesia to offer ‘amnesty’ for West Papuans contesting Jakarta’s rule
The National, PNG
Indonesia will offer amnesty to West Papuans who have contested Jakarta's sovereignty over the Melanesian region resulting in conflicts and clashes with...
King Charles arrives in Samoa for ‘resilient environment’ CHOGM
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist in Apia
King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla have landed in Apia, Samoa.
The monarch has been greeted...
