Pacific Media Watch

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...

EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier The discussions on Papua New Guinea's new draft media development policy will come to the fore today when the media industry presents...

RNZ News It has been a year since the violent end of the illegal occupation at Parliament in Aotearoa New Zealand. If you thought you...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist and Pacific Waves presenter A Pacific journalism academic has...

ANALYSIS: By Mong Palatino Various stakeholders have warned that the draft National Media Development Policy released by Papua New Guinea’s Department of Information and Communications...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Enga Governor Sir Peter Ipatas has told the Papua New Guinean government and national leaders to allow the media...

The National in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's draft National Media Development Policy is not intended to give the government power to control the media...

Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Papua New Guinea’s government to immediately withdraw a draconian draft media “development” policy that has...

EDITORIAL: Inside PNG Papua New Guinea's Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, has proposed a new policy that, if implemented, will affect the constitutional rights of freedom...

ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide in Port Moresby The new media development policy being proposed by the Papua New Guinea Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, could lead...

Pacific Media Watch A New Zealand-based media research and publication group has called for an "urgent rethink" on Papua New Guinea's draft media development policy,...

A powerful day in the history of the Gisborne Herald. Video: Gisborne Herald RNZ Mediawatch New Zealand's media were in emergency mode yet again this week,...

PNG Post-Courier An anti-corruption NGO in Papua New Guinea has criticised the haste with which the government is conducting consultation on a draft National Media...

The National in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s new media draft policy would put a stop to reporting news not regarded as “positive” for the...