Monthly Archives: May 2025
Gaza-bound aid ship attacked by ‘Israeli piracy’ in talks with Malta
Pacific Media Watch
An international NGO seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea says it has been in talks with Malta’s government about...
Trump’s push on deep sea mining leaves Nauru’s commercial ambitions ‘out in cold’
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Nauru's ambition to commercially mine the seabed is likely at risk following President Donald Trump's executive order last...
New deal for journalism – RSF’s 11 steps to ‘reconstruct’ global media
Australia (ranked 29th) and New Zealand (ranked 16th) are cited as positive examples by Reporters Without Borders in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index...
‘Dead weight comes to mind’ when thinking about Gazan parents and genocide
World Media Freedom Day reflections of a protester
Yesterday, World Media Freedom Day, we marched to Television New Zealand in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland to deliver...
Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted
By Anish Chand in Suva
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has paid tribute to all those working the media industry in his message to mark...
Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza
Asia Pacific Report
About 1000 pro-Palestinian protesters marked World Press Freedom Day -- May 3 -- today by marching on the public broadcaster Television New...
Human rights group calls for probe into attack on Freedom Flotilla ship
Asia Pacific Report
A human rights agency has called for an investigation into the drone attacks on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla aid ship Conscience with...
Australia ‘Islamic Caliphate’? Dark money and the 11th hour election propaganda blitzkrieg
An 11th-hour blitzkrieg for the Australian election 2025 tomorrow claims the Greens are enabling extremists who “will do anything in their power to establish...
NZ fares well in latest RSF press freedom index as authoritarian regimes stifle Asia-Pacific...
Pacific Media Watch
While Aotearoa New Zealand improved three places in the latest RSF World Press Freedom Index -- up to 16th -- and most...
RSF condemns Israeli targeting of Gaza journalists – then slandering them in death
Pacific Media Watch
After a year and a half of war, nearly 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed by the Israeli army -- including at...
New Zealand condemned for failing to make ICJ humanitarian case over Gaza genocide
Asia Pacific Report
The advocacy group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned the New Zealand government fpr failing to make a humanitarian submission to the...
Dark money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals and Greens for...
Teals and Greens are under political attack from a new pro-fossil fuel, pro-Israel astroturfing group, adding to the onslaught by far-right lobbyists Advance Australia...
NZ doctors defend nationwide strike action over recruitment
By Ruth Hill, RNZ News reporter
Striking senior New Zealand doctors have hit back at the Health Minister's attack on their union for "forcing" patients...
Gallery: Doctors, health workers challenge NZ government over national crisis
Asia Pacific Report
Thousands of senior hospital doctors and specialists walked off the job today for an unprecedented 24-hour strike in protest over stalled contract...
