Pacific Media Watch

By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji’s Department of Information spent $889,234.84 in taxpayer funds to the Fiji-owned company Vatis Communications until its contract was terminated...

Video report by Craig Reucassel With tourism back and booming, Fiji is again a number one destination for travellers seeking an island paradise experience. And while...

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist Unprecedented levels of disinformation will only get worse this election in Aotearoa New Zealand, but systems set...

EDITORIAL: By the editor-in-chief Fred Wesley It’s gone! Finito! Yesterday was a memorable day for the media. The Media Industry Development Act was repealed in...

By Lydia Lewis and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific journalists The Fiji Parliament has voted to "kill" a draconian media law in Suva today, sending newsrooms...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The man in charge of Fiji's oldest newspaper has high hopes for press freedom in the country following the...

By Sri Krishnamurthi Highly respected and convivial Koroi Hawkins has become RNZ Pacific's first Melanesian editor after arriving in New Zealand in 2014 and says...

COMMENT: By Philip Cass Words matter when telling the story of West Papua’s continuing struggle for independence. Recently, New Zealand media carried reports of the kidnapping...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Trading Post Ltd, the owner of the Vanuatu Daily Post newspaper, BUZZ FM96 and other...

RNZ News The Mediaworks' radio station Today FM abandoned scheduling today when presenters broke from programming to question the future of their employer. Broadcasters told their...

Radio Waatea Greens' co-leader Marama Davidson believes she knows who was riding the motorbike that hit her during a protest against British anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Communication Minister Timothy Masiu has hit back at recent reports termed as "inaccurate" over the control of media in...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist The Fiji government has announced it will repeal the controversial Media Industry Development Act...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist The Fiji government is signalling that it will not completely tear down the country's...

By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Communications Fiji Ltd (CFL) chair William Parkinson has called for a repeal of Fiji's Media Industry Development Act 2010 and...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's only daily newspaper, Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes, has folded after the commercial court accepted the publishing company's request for its liquidation. The court...

Asia Pacific Media Network's chair Dr Heather Devere, deputy chair Dr David Robie and Pacific Journalism Review editor Dr Philip Cass last month made...

Pacific Media Watch Fiji police have apologised for "miscommunication" that led to an incident before the Reclaim the Night march last night that almost led...

By Repeka Nasiko in Suva The Fiji Attorney-General’s office has terminated the instructions of lawyers Devanesh Sharma and Gul Fatima in the contempt of court...

The National in Port Moresby Senior Papua New Guinean television journalist and columnist Scott Waide has challenged the government on what it actually wants to...

RNZ Mediawatch Old-fashioned AM radio was an information lifeline for many in Aotearoa New Zealand during last month's Cyclone Gabrielle when other sources wilted without...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinean government has been bluntly and frankly reminded to leave mainstream media alone as a long...