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.
Rights, cultural activists among winners of Asia’s Nobel Prize
By Joe Torres in Manila
An Indonesian tribal rights activist, a Sri Lankan woman who has helped civil war victims, and a Japanese man working...
Keith Jackson: Despatches from the election front – ‘despite chaos all...
BACKGROUNDER: By Keith Jackson, publisher of PNG Attitude
Papua New Guinea has long luxuriated in the bright light of the soubriquet, "Land of the Unexpected',...
Women challenge ‘glass ceilings’ in Papua New Guinea
Leanne Jorari interviews Susil Nelson-Kongoi, a "pawa meri". Video: EMTV News
By Leanne Jorari of EMTV News in Port Moresby
Our society is evolving rapidly and...
Papua governor takes birds-of-paradise off the market
By Asrida Elisabeth and adapted by Basten Gokkon
In an attempt to conserve the birds-of-paradise for which the region is famous, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has banned...
Walkout after Eid sermon turns into tirade against ‘blasphemer’ Ahok
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
There was an unusual sight during the 1438th Eid (Eid al-Fitr) prayers at the Wonosari Square in the Gunungkidul regency of...
PNG election officials face big ‘one day’ voting challenge in capital
One-day polling for Post Moresby residents takes place today. Video: EMTV News
By Eric Haurupma in Port Moresby
With Papua New Guinea's National Capital District (NCD)...
NZ law student takes government to court over climate policy ‘failure’
Hamilton law student Sarah Thomson speaking about her court case against the NZ government. Video: Greenpeace NZ
A New Zealand law student is battling the...
Greenpeace Indonesia protesters target US climate policy ‘disaster’
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Greenpeace Indonesia has staged a protest in front of the US embassy in Jakarta over the decision of President Donald...
Duterte compares Mindanao martial law with Marcos as hostages taken
Philippines Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella announcing President Duterte has declared martial law on the southern island of Mindanao. Video: Rappler
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
The...
Images: Benny Wenda — advocating for a Free West Papua
Photographs by Del Abcede
West Papuan parliamentarian in exile and human rights advocate Benny Wenda spoke to about 80 students, staff and activists at Auckland...
LIVE: CAFCA’s Murray Horton on foreign policy and NZ’s independence
The advent of President Donald Trump in the US provides an unprecedented opportunity to take a good, hard look at Aotearoa's place in the...
Amnesty International protests over ‘disgraceful shootings’ of PNG students
The shooting of students peacefully protesting in Port Moresby yesterday is a disgraceful attack on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression,...
Four human rights groups call for Indonesian ‘truth-seeking’ inquiry, apology
Four human rights watchdogs have appealed to Indonesia's Minister for Politics, Law and Security Affairs to take steps to ensure that last week’s national...
Six Pacific Island nations ratify Paris Accord on climate change
The Pacific Islands, among the most vulnerable nations to the impacts of climate change, have displayed global leadership last weekend when the Paris Agreement...
Young NZ soldier at Gallipoli for Anzac Day on first trip...
By Sara Stavropoulos
Ruatoria-born soldier Private Christian Hohepa has now travelled a long way since joining the New Zealand Army in 2013.
On his first-ever trip...
Crispin C. Maslog: Martial law amnesia – we didn’t teach history...
I give my column space today to my favorite communication man, Professor Crispin C. Maslog. A former journalist with Agence France-Presse, Cris was director...
High school teacher brings alternative narratives on 1965 Indonesian purge
By Elly Burhaini Faizal in Jakarta
A high school Indonesian history teacher in Batam, Riau Islands, has brought alternative narratives of the 1965 to 1966...
Tribute to a free and independent Pacific media
REVIEW: By Erica George of Amnesty International NZ
"Mainstream journalism has failed to communicate not only peace, but also human rights in ways that have...
Crime scandal shows NZ’s climate policy is ‘hot air’, says Greenpeace
Greenpeace New Zealand has called for the "linchpin" of New Zealand’s climate policy to be thrown out following a report released today that shows...
Education joins forestry against climate change in Vanuatu
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
The Shefa Education Office will soon be rolling out its newly launched forestry programme to primary and secondary schools...
Jane Kelsey: All pain, no gain – why not a TPP-free...
Pacific Media Centre
OPINION: By Professor Jane Kelsey
In New Zealand, we dared to declare ourselves nuclear-free in the 1980s - dire warnings that ditching the...
The presidential leak, PNG’s bid for Bougainville Copper and the policy...
Report from the Pacific Media Centre
With the window for Bougainville's independence referendum now open, time is of the essence if the ABG is to...
