Yearly Archives: 2024

Pope Francis pictured with PNG Governor-General Sir Bob Dadae

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...
Kiingi Tuheitia is laid to rest at Taupiri maunga

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...
The Our Action Station petition plea over NZ media coverage of the Israeli war in Palestine

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...
Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

By Matilda Yates, Queensland University of Technology “From a white perspective it is journalism but for us, it is actually storytelling,” says Fiji student...
Honouring Hisoshima Day and the International Day for the World's Indigenous Peoples this month

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...
The mainstream media is very largely a mouthpiece for Washington

Of the international intelligence information that comes to Australian agencies from the Five Eyes, 90 percent comes from the CIA and related US intelligence...
Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

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...
Papuan environmental and human rights lawyer Yan Christian Warinussy

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...
Kiribati elections . . . calm as polling begins

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital/social lead The atmosphere in Kiribati is "very calm" and "the hype is not as it is in other countries",...
If there are no red lines for Israel when it comes to brutalising Palestinian civilians

Israel’s zealots are ignoring the pleas of the top brass. They want to widen the circle of war, whatever the consequences. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook...
Kiribati elections tomorrow

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The I-Kiribati people will go to the polls for the first round of voting today. Ballots are expected to...
Al Jazeera's northern Gaza reporter Anas al-Sharif

Pacific Media Watch A global media watchdog has expressed concern for the safety of an Al Jazeera reporter after false claims by the Israeli military. The...
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

By Lice Movono and Stephen Dziedzic of ABC Pacific Beat Fiji's Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, says he will "apologise" to fellow Melanesian leaders later this...
The published wrap-around’s subject matter was so obviously contentious

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis The New Zealand Herald and its publisher are failing to follow a golden rule: Engage with readers when they question your...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle   Iran may be about to launch a "proper" missile strike on Israel for the first time ever -- in retaliation for...
Australian breakdancing champion Rachael Gunn

By Amit Sarwal The Paris Olympics might be over, but in a stunning turn of events on the last weekend Australian breakdancing champion Rachael Gunn,...
Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

By Dominique Meehan, Queensland University of Technology In the expansive landscape of Pacific journalism, one magazine stands for unwavering command and unfiltered truth. Islands Business,...
Pacific Islands Forum criteria . . . Guam

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific foreign ministers have given their nod of approval for United States territories Guam and American Samoa to be...
Standing in front of her news organisation’s logo, Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa

By Gerard Carreon in Manila An appeals court has struck down a 2018 government order that sought to shut down Rappler, an online Philippine news...
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Vanuatu is leaning on Aotearoa's medicinal cannabis production expertise in an effort to prop up its own market. While...
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (left) and PIF Secretary General Baron Waqa

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Suva The high-level Pacific mission to New Caledonia will be a three person-led delegation and it is still...
"School time" on Israel's genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip

Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a large rally in the heart of New Zealand's largest city today strongly condemned Israel's indiscriminate killing of Palestinian children...