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More than hashtags needed to defy terror in Indonesia
From Pacific Media Watch
By Andi Rahman Alamsyah in Jakarta
People were commenting on social media within moments of the terrorist bombings and shooting in Jakarta...
Tuna fishing deal dispute keeps US boats out of Pacific waters
A 2015 Greenpeace video about the "out of control" global tuna fishing industry, including the Pacific. Rainbow Warrior skipper Peter Willcox interviewed. Video: Greenpeace
Report...
Fiji’s tourism bumper year breaks visitor record by 9pc
Report from Tourism Fiji in Nadi
Genuine collaboration among tourism industry stakeholders and an enabling economic environment to invest in the growth and development of...
Snap Vanuatu general election kicks off 2016 – year of the...
From Dev Policy Blog
By Tess Newton Cain in Port Vila
There are a number of countries that will hold general elections this year and it...
Veteran Rainbow Warrior activist, global eco advocate to co-lead Greenpeace
This video interview with Bunny McDiarmid was by the Pacific Media Centre's Alistar Kata to mark the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the...
Democracy Now! and the Bernie Sanders US revolution
From Democracy Now
With just weeks to go, polls show Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is edging ahead of front-runner Hillary Clinton in the primary season’s...
Home-grown Indonesian terrorists ‘used low-tech weapons’
Report from Agence France-Presse in Jakarta
Although Thursday's Jakarta attacks have been blamed on militants recruited by the Islamic State in Syria, with the international...
Controversy over Fiji’s ‘secret’ Russian military equipment
From The Fiji Times
By Nasik Swami in Suva
Controversy raged in Fiji today over containers sent to the Republic of Fiji Military Forces that arrived...
Jakarta terror attacks: ISIL claims responsibility
Report from Pacific Media Watch in Jakarta
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for the coordinated bomb...
The TPP: Why rush in where angels fear to tread?
Media release from the Public Health Association
The Public Health Association of New Zealand (PHA) is questioning the rush to sign the Trans Pacific Partnership...
#COP21: Climate insurgency after Paris
Report from Common Dreams
"The governments of the world may rule the world but they don’t own the world." In this analysis, Jeremy Brecher reflects...
Kiribati’s sacred sites storyteller – ‘I don’t hold the answer of...
Report from National Geographic
By Janice Cantieri in Tarawa
“If, one day, the waves take away these sacred places and they’re gone, we will keep on...
Vakatawa approached by Les Bleus coach for Six Nations
Report from Fiji Village
By Semi Turaga
Fiji-born French 7s player Virimi Vakatawa has been approached by new French fifteens team coach Guy Noves to play...
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...