Don’t rely on Facebook for accurate vaccine info, says PNG leader
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister has warned citizens against relying on information on Facebook to guide their approach to vaccines.
James Marape was speaking...
Ena Manuireva: AUT can – and should – do better
COMMENTARY: A postgraduate researcher view by Ena Manuireva
Year 2020 was the annus horribilis worldwide due to the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Recently the Fiji government...
Indonesian racism against indigenous Papuans ‘flourishing’, say protesters
By Reiner Brabar in Sorong, West Papua
Scores of activists from the Papua People's Solidarity Against Racism (SPMR) have held a free speech forum in...
Experts appointed to oversee NZ’s new public digital media plan
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
The New Zealand government has appointed eight people to oversee a business case for a new public media entity...
West Sepik administration fumes over handling of Papua border crossers
By Jeffrey Elapa in Vanimo, PNG
The West Sepik administration is not happy with the way illegal border crossers are being handled by the Indonesian...
Gavin Ellis: The Pacific Media Centre must break free to survive
THE KNIGHTLY VIEWS: By Gavin Ellis
For many years I thought universities were the ideal place to establish centres of investigative journalism excellence. Now I’m...
The Conversation story – celebrating 10 years of news from experts
ANALYSIS: By Misha Ketchell, The Conversation
When the first whispers started to circulate about The Conversation I was working behind the scenes for Media Watch...
Solomon Islands police appeal for help to stop covid spread over...
RNZ Pacific
Police in Solomon Islands say they cannot successfully secure the western border with Papua New Guinea and stop the spread of covid-19 without...
Papuan student accomplishes first commercial pilot licence in NZ
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland
Nickson Stevi Yikwa had a dream. As a Papuan student, he wanted to gain a commercial pilot's licence in New...
PNG on ‘verge of covid red zone’, warns deputy pandemic chief
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby
Eleven new covid-19 coronavirus deaths were reported in Papua New Guinea on Friday and Saturday, raising the country’s death...
Indonesian suicide bombing rocks Makassar Cathedral on Palm Sunday
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A bomb believed to have been detonated by two suicide attackers in Indonesia exploded outside a Catholic cathedral in Makassar, South...
PNG military police help out with covid-19 awareness campaign
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
Thirty Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers are working with other security personnel and the NCD covid-19 team to...
Hard to speak up at first as the only woman, but...
Catherine Mori is the oldest female employee in the Customs and Tax Administration in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). And she may well...
OPM isn’t a ‘terrorist group’ – the Indonesian state is, says...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesia has been accused of a 'disgraceful attack on the people of West Papua' by considering listing the pro-independence militia Organisasi...
Rally protests against anti-Asian covid violence, abuse in US and NZ
RNZ News
More than a thousand people have turned out for a rally in central Auckland calling for discrimination against Asians to stop.
They claim Asians...
RSF Paris sues Facebook for ‘deceptive commercial practices’ over hate speech
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
In a lawsuit filed with the public prosecutor in Paris this week, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has accused Facebook of “deceptive...
RSF condemns Myanmar’s military junta for ‘eliminating’ independent media
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the restoration of media pluralism and unrestricted internet access in Myanmar, where the military,...
Listen to the Pacific people plea to AUT over diversity future...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A retired university professor and a Tahitian doctoral candidate have appealed to Auckland University of Technology to “listen” to the Asia-Pacific...
Jokowi is a ‘hero’ for Myanmar, what about justice for the...
By Kristianto Galuwo in Jayapura
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has responded to comments by the President of the Republic of Indonesia,...
NZ plans Cook Islands vaccination campaign, two-way travel bubble
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand expects to open a two-way travel bubble with the Cook Islands in May and is planning a vaccination campaign there.
The leaders...



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