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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace
By Gordon Campbell, editor of Werewolf
For most of the past week, any consumer of this country’s management of covid-19 would think New Zealand was...
Covid survey shows high anxiety and depression among Asian Kiwis
By Liu Chen, RNZ News reporter
The covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown has been tough on the mental wellbeing of Asian New Zealanders, according...
Ten PNG women and girls killed in four years in gender-based...
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
About 10 women and girls in Port Moresby have become victims of gender-based violence and have ended their lives...
NZ gained ‘international creds’ as nuclear-free nation with Rainbow Warrior bombing,...
From RNZ Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
New Zealand established its credentials as an independent small nation after the fatal bombing of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow...
Tragic life and death of Jenelyn – babysitter tells of PNG...
By EMTV News
Jenelyn Kennedy eloped with her partner at a tender age of 15, bore him his first child at age of 16, and...
PNG claims ‘nothing sinister’, no broken protocols on Chinese flight
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Papua New Guinea government is adamant no immigration laws, airport and covid-19 protocols - including national security - were breached...
USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other...
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva
The recent University of the South Pacific (USP) Council meeting to address governance issues resulting in...
Wadan Narsey: BDO report is not ‘history’ for Pacific taxpayers
COMMENT: By Wadan Narsey
The current chair of USP Council, Winston Thompson, has airily dismissed media questions about the contents of the BDO Report, alleging...
Chinese businessmen ‘complied with quarantine measures’ – 10 PNG cases
By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape says an aircraft with four Chinese businessmen on board had complied...
Forget Australia, open up to covid-free Pacific bubble, says Cook Islander
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
New Zealand's "intransigence" over wanting to allow Australians in before New Zealanders out to the covid-free Pacific does not stand up...
Make ‘secret’ BDO report and USP inquiries public, says Ratuva
By Nasik Swami in Suva
In the interest of transparency, the University of the South Pacific should make public the contents of the university’s "secret"...
PNG Defence Force in lockdown over fears of coronavirus spread
Pacific Media Centre
PNG Defence Force soldiers are undergoing mass testing for covid-19 while there is controlled access into Murray Barracks to reduce further possible...
Pacific churches add ‘justice for Mā’ohi’ voice at Tahitian rally
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Pacific Conference of Churches has called for justice in Mā'ohi (French Polynesia) and for Oscar Temaru, the activist mayor...
Australian Defence Force officer confirmed covid positive in PNG
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Papua New Guinea government has announced a ninth covid-19 case in the country, and this has since been confirmed by...
USP staff happy with Ahluwalia’s return but seek BDO report action
By Litia Cava in Suva
University of the South Pacific staff say they are happy with the USP Council’s decision to reinstate Professor Pal Ahluwalia...
Fiji works on its own ‘Bula Bubble’ in spite of Australian,...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says while Australia and New Zealand work out their Trans-Tasman bubble, Fiji’s equal greater success against the...
NZ police shooting: Second fugitive captured, murder accused in court
By RNZ News
A woman at the centre of a manhunt after a police shooting in New Zealand yesterday has been arrested in West Auckland.
Police...
Stop harassing USP protesters, global human rights groups tell Fiji
Pacific Media Watch
The Fiji authorities must respect the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly for university staff and students and immediately cease...
NZ shooting of police officer – ‘shocking situation’ says chief
By RNZ News
Auckland police will remain armed until they are "satisfied the right people are in custody" following the fatal shooting of an unarmed...
Suspended USP academic chief calls on council to clear his name
By Lena Reece in Suva
The University of the South Pacific's suspended vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia claims that his suspension was illegal.
In a statement to...
NZ’s covid-19 border botch-up: ‘Next few days will be crucial’
COMMENT: By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor
Public confidence in New Zealand's border controls has been shattered.
The obvious anger of the prime minister when...
EJN teams up with PMC’s Pacific Media Watch on new climate...
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
In an innovative new development, Internews' Earth Journalism Network (EJN) will partner with the Pacific Media...
































































