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MIDA’s Raj warns Fiji media not to promote ‘discord’
Report by Pacific Media Watch in Suva
Fiji's Media Industry Development Authority says media organisations should not publish or broadcast material in a form likely...
PNG police commander takes to social media to fight sorcery killings
Report by Pacific Media Watch in Port Moresby
A senior police officer in Papua New Guinea's Enga province has used social media to combat sorcery-related...
RSF urges Indonesia to lift Papua ban on French journalist
Video: Human Rights Watch
Report by Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Indonesian government’s refusal to let French journalist Cyril Payen visit Indonesia...
#COP21: ‘Filthy’ corporate sponsors bankrolling Paris summit exposed
Report from Eco Watch
By Andy Rowell of Oil Change International
Corporate Accountability International (CAI) released a report exposing the “filthy” track record of some of...
Another year over, and a new one just begun
Report from Pacific Institute of Public Policy
By Derek Brien in Port Vila
2015 will go down as a tumultuous year for the people of the...
Jokowi pledges to sort past rights cases but ignores Papua
Report by Pacific Media Watch
By Ayomi Amindoni and Victor Mambor in Jayapura
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo of Indonesia has expressed a commitment to resolve a...
Inside West Papua – behind the Native Affairs exclusive report
Report by Pacific Media Watch
Māori Television’s Native Affairs story on West Papua is the first by a New Zealand television crew allowed into the...
AUT video series promotes Pacific languages
Report by Pacific Media Watch
The loss of language is still a major concern for Pacific communities. With another year of language week celebrations almost...
PNG bid to buy Rio Tinto’s shares in mine company ‘unacceptable’...
Report by Liam Cochrane in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinea government wants to buy Rio Tinto's shares in the Australian company Bougainville Copper Limited...
Indonesian military to boost presence in outlying islands
By Julkifli Marbun in Jakarta
The Indonesian military (TNI) will strengthen its presence in the country's outlying and foremost islands particularly in the eastern part...
Social media distracts bright students in PNG, says education chief
Report by PNG News
Students in Papua New Guinea are facing bigger challenges as the use of social media is distracting them from their studies.
Director...
Aumua appointed head of Pacific Community’s operations in Fiji
Report from Noumea by the Pacific Community
Educator and health policy specialist Dr Audrey Aumua has been appointed as Deputy Director-General of the Pacific Community...
Paris pays tribute to Charlie Hebdo victims ahead of attacks anniversary
Report from Paris by France 24
The French capital has held the first in a series of solemn commemorations and gatherings to honour the 17...
Fiji Airways welcomes largest aircraft Airbus A330-300
Report by Mark Elliott of Travel Daily Asia
Fiji Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-300 – the largest aircraft in its fleet.
The...
Farewell to a pioneer – a tribute from the Vanuatu Daily...
Report by Dan McGarry, an op-ed in the Vanuatu Daily Post today.
“I have been lucky,” said Marc Neil-Jones in his valedictory speech on Thursday....
Two NZ student journalists off to Indonesia on media internships
Report by Pacific Media Watch
Two journalism graduates have been selected by the Asia New Zealand Foundation to take part in a media internship programme...
AUT’s first Papua New Guinean PhD focuses on Cook Islands governance
Report by the Pacific Media Centre
One of 53 doctoral students who have graduated at Auckland University of Technology this week is the first Papua...
Jakarta Globe newspaper folds after seven years
Report by Pacific Media Watch
After seven years, the English-language daily Jakarta Globe published its last print edition on Tuesday, marking the paper's complete tranformation...
Pacific leaders speak out with ‘one voice’ on climate change
Report by Niklas Pedersen in Suva
Seven Pacific leaders have signed a strong document on climate change in Fiji, mapping out what they want to...
#COP 21: Voices of the Pacific – some regional reflections
Report by Pacific Media Watch in Apia
Pacific delegations to COP21 were part of the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change reached by negotiators last...