Pacific Media Watch

By Mark Pearson Journalists, publishers, academics, diplomats and NGO representatives from throughout the Asia-Pacific region will gather for the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference hosted...

Pacific Media Watch Earthwise presenters Lois and Martin Griffiths of Plains FM96.9 radio talk to Dr David Robie, a New Zealand author, independent journalist and...

Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders global media freedom watchdog has announced that it is deeply saddened by the death of its secretary-general,...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto Good slogans have people nodding their heads in agreement because they recognise an underlying truth in the words.   I have a...

Pacific Media Watch The editorial board of the Columbia Law Review journal -- made up of faculty and alumni from the university’s law school --...

Inside PNG Anna Solomon, a Papua New Guinean journalist and editor with 40 years experience, is now providing training for journalists at the Wantok Niuspepa. Wantok...

By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, manager of RNZ Pacific This King's Birthday, the New Zealand Order of Merit recognises Professor David Robie's 50 years of service to...

By Alakihihifo Vailala of PMN News Flipped "back in time” is how New Zealand author, journalist and media educator Dr David Robie describes the crisis...

By Alana Musselle of Te Waha Nui Cook Islands News, the national newspaper for the Cook Islands, is one of many Pacific news media agencies...

Pacific Media Watch The Daily Blog, New Zealand's most important leftwing website of news, views and analyses at the heart of the country's most conservative...

Green Left Show Indigenous Kanaks in Kanaky New Caledonia have revolted in the last two weeks in response to moves by the colonial power France...

"In the aftermath of the 'No' denying an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia, I deeply sympathise with the Kanak people's frustration, fear, and...

Pacific Media Watch Pro-Palestinian protesters dressed in blue "press" vests tonight staged a vigil calling on New Zealand journalists to show solidarity with the media...

By Stephen Wright of BenarNews The Papua New Guinea government’s push for news organisations to become its cheer-leading squad is under further scrutiny this week...

Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for guaranteed safety for journalists in the French Pacific territory...

Pacific Media Watch A Māori supporter of Pacific independence movements claims the French government has "constructed the crisis" in New Caledonia by pushing the indigenous...

RNZ Pacific Young people on the streets in New Caledonia are saying they will "never give up" pushing back against France's hold on the Pacific...

SPECIAL REPORT: Islands Business in Suva Today is the 24th anniversary of renegade and failed businessman George Speight's coup in 2000 Fiji. The elected coalition...

COMMENTARY: By Antoinette Lattouf Sorry Palestinian women and children. It seems Australia’s leading women’s media company has more pressing issues to cover than the seemingly...

RNZ News Television New Zealand has breached its collective agreement with the E tū union when deciding on discontinuing programmes, the Employment Relations Authority has...

Pacific Media Watch Television New Zealand Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to...

Pacific Media Watch The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote later today on a resolution that would grant new “rights and privileges” to...