Pacific Media Centre
The Pacific Media Centre at Auckland University of Technology also collaborates with other Asia-Pacific media centres engaged in research and cultural production and develops cultural and research publications, building on the success of the peer-reviewed publication Pacific Journalism Review, media freedom project Pacific Media Watch and current affairs website Asia Pacific Report.
Musicians across Pacific stage virtual Wan Musik Wan Sing for West...
The livestream of the Wan Musik Wan Sing Papuan flag day concert.
COMMENT: By Luisa Tuilau and Ronny Kareni
As West Papua’s Morning Star flag marks...
Stop funding military repression in Papua, plead TAPOL speakers
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Campaigners at a TAPOL-hosted global webinar have called on the people of Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and other...
Bryan Bruce: On trolls, haters, conspiracy theorists and health stupidity
COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce
The other day I wrote a post on my blog which invited people to: "Take care of others by taking care...
PNG sex workers plead for help after one gang-raped, beaten, left...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Sex workers have urged the Papua New Guinea government to pass a law to protect them after one of...
‘We don’t interfere in other countries’ affairs,’ says Tongan PM on...
By Philip Cass in Auckland
“Tonga does not interfere in other nations’ own affairs.”
That was the carefully measured response from Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa to the...
No guarantee mosque mass killer would serve full jail term in...
By RNZ News
Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre.
An Auckland University law professor says there is a risk...
‘Covid-19 knows no ethnicity, so don’t stigmatise,’ says Komiti Pasefika
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist
A call has been made to members of the Pacific community in New Zealand to check on loved...
Student safety still a concern as PNG covid infection cases hit...
By Aileen Kwaragu in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinean parents have been assured that everything is being done to ensure the health and safety of...
Contact tracing begins for first Bougainville covid case
By Patrick Makis in Buka
Contact tracing has begun for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville's first covid-19 case.
The 22-year-old male, who had returned from Port...
Outreach patrol brings covid info boost to remote Gulf villages in...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Remote communities in Papua New Guinea's south-western Gulf Province have welcomed an outreach patrol to several villages that has brought treatment...
PNG police seize K200,000 on ship in suspected money laundering raid
By Jimmy Kalebe in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea police have intercepted and confiscated almost K200,000 (about NZ$90,000) in K2 and K5 notes hidden in...
Young PNG mother died of ‘blunt force’ head injuries, bruised organs
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Young Papua New Guinean mother-of-two Jenelyn Kennedy died from “head injury and bruised internal organs”, according to a doctor...
Group of youth in Vanuatu sentenced for ‘barbaric’ Wan Smolbag attack
By RNZ Pacific
Four people convicted of assaulting the director of Vanuatu's highly acclaimed Wan Smolbag Theatre Company have been sentenced for what the judge...
Indonesia calls for more action against racism as issues persist at...
By Apriza Pinandita in Jakarta
Indonesia has urged the international community to speak up and take decisive action against racial violence at a United Nations...
Indigenous people spearhead the fight to save the planet
By Imelda V. Abano in Manila
Indigenous people across the world are disproportionately affected by climate change. They are also leading movements to protect our...
Fiji Airports face major financial disaster over Covid-19, warns chief
FBC News reports on the airports economic setbacks.
By Ritika Pratap in Suva
Fiji Airports will defer future infrastructure projects as a result of financial set-backs...
NZ’s classical music station not safe yet – innovation and leadership...
By Michael Norris in Wellington
After a week-long controversy, New Zealand’s public broadcaster Radio New Zealand (RNZ) has withdrawn a proposal to axe its classical...
Philippines court orders arrest of Trillanes, 10 others on sedition charge
By Lian Buan in Manila
A Philippines court has issued arrest warrants against former senator Antonio Trillanes IV and 10 other people for conspiracy to...
Philippines defence chief breaks silence on post-pact US ties
By JC Gotinga in Manila
After days of silence, Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana today finally made a public statement on the termination of the Visiting...
Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change ethically misguided and dangerous
By Denis Muller in Melbourne
In September 2019, the editor of The Conversation, Misha Ketchell, declared The Conversation’s editorial team in Australia was henceforth taking...
NZ coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan to be quarantined at unknown location
By RNZ News
New Zealanders evacuated from Wuhan amid the coronavirus outbreak will be quarantined in Aotearoa - not on Christmas Island like the Australians.
As...
PNG police issue arrest warrant for former PM Peter O’Neill
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea police have issued a warrant for the arrest of former Prime Minister Peter O'Neill.
According to EMTV News, the...
