Pacific Media Watch

Pacific Media Watch Barely a day passes without a story in the British or Australian media that ramps up fear about the rulers in Beijing,...

By Bruce Andrews A Charles Sturt University journalism academic says the evolving communication course at his institution in Australia continues to feed the ranks of...

By Robert Iroga, editor of Solomon Business Magazine Online Australia’s support for the Solomon Islands media sector is long-standing and is now providing support for...

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist The Pacific Election 2023 debate kicked off today with one of the most pressing issues for Pacific communties --...

Pacific Media Watch The International Press Institute (IPI) has condemned the arrest and interrogation of French journalist Ariane Lavrilleux and demanded her immediate release. She...

MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Aotearoa New Zealand's public television broadcaster TVNZ is planning significant cuts to content production, programmes and operational spending...

Pacific Media Watch A Radio New Zealand Pacific journalist has alleged that an Indonesian official attempted to both bribe and intimidate him following an interview...

ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Prime Minister James Marape has made two foreign policy gaffes in the space of a week...

Stuff New Zealand's Stuff media group has joined other leading news organisations around the world in restricting Open AI from using its content to power...

By Henry Pope Fiji's government has taken the local leader of an influential South Korean doomsday sect into immigration custody after he and several other...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has backtracked on his comments that PNG had "no right to comment" on human rights abuses...

SUNDAY TIMES EDITORIAL: By The Fiji Times editor Fred Wesley If there is a rise in robberies in some of Fiji's urban areas, then something...

RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, Mediawatch presenter The New Zealand Herald copped criticism for publishing a front-page attack ad targeting the National Party leader this...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor A Radio New Zealand journalist says an Indonesian government official attempted to bribe and intimidate him at last month's...

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist National says a series of attack ads targeting its leader Christopher Luxon funded by the Council of...

Pacific Media Watch Vanuatu Daily Post civil society correspondents have written in unison condemning the failure of the Melanesian Spearhead Group to admit West Papua...

By Shailendra Bahadur Singh in Suva Conflict and insufficient social cohesion are the biggest challenges in Fiji, and all and any efforts to mitigate and...

By Cretilda Alokaka in Port Moresby Six hired gunmen in Enga were shot dead by men from the Ambulin tribe on Friday in what Papua...

This open letter to En Avant Toute and journalists at France 24 and France Info marked the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist News media in Indonesia act as "government loudspeakers" by advancing a one-sided narrative regarding...

Pacific Media Watch A new media monitoring watchdog, Muslim Media Watch, published its first edition today featuring a cover story alleging that a Malaysian cult...

By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter A review of RNZ's online news has called for greater oversight and enforcement of standards after a crisis sparked...