Barbara Dreaver: Cook Islands travel bubble pressure a bid to ‘strong...
By Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS Pacific Correspondent
The Cook Islands government's inaccurate and startling announcement yesterday about a tourism bubble opening with New Zealand as...
Bryan Bruce: Judith Collins selection last throw of the dice to...
ANALYSIS: By Bryan Bruce
The selection of Judith Collins by her colleagues as the new leader of New Zealand's opposition National Party is a last...
Pacific language videos: Kiribati week highlights role of fathers
The AUT video ... first of this year's languags series.
By Simon Smith of AUT News
The Kiribati instalment in the AUT Pacific language video series...
‘Common goal – oust government’, says NZ’s new National leader Collins
By RNZ News
New Zealand's National Party has elected Judith Collins as its new leader to replace Todd Muller, with Gerry Brownlee as her deputy...
Mixed views still over Pacific travel ‘bubbles’ but private sector has...
By Ben Bilua in Suva
Experts have challenged the value of immediate implementation of tourism or travel "bubbles", saying that it is too early to...
Muller’s ‘bolt from blue’ resignation leaves election hoardings standing
ANALYSIS: By Liam Hehir
The detailed reasons for opposition National Party leader Todd Muller's shock resignation are something we are not yet given to know....
PNG police seize K200,000 on ship in suspected money laundering raid
By Jimmy Kalebe in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea police have intercepted and confiscated almost K200,000 (about NZ$90,000) in K2 and K5 notes hidden in...
Southern Cross: Uproar over ABS-CBN denial of TV licence by government
Pacific Media Watch
Host Oscar Perress talked to contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Sri Krishnamurthi today about Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's government rejecting a...
‘Lock them up’, says furious Grey Power over covid isolation escapees
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News
Grey Power is enraged by what it says is the "stupid and dangerous" behaviour of people fleeing managed isolation facilities,...
New Zealand kids prefer YouTube, Netflix and TokTok to local media
From RNZ Mediawatch
New Zealand children use a lot less Kiwi media than they used to. New research shows its Netflix, YouTube and TikTok engaging...
Beware of elite billionaire ‘do-gooder’ hypocrisy, warns author
From RNZ Saturday Morning
Described by a Guardian reviewer as "superb hate-reading", writer and columnist Anand Giridharadas's latest book Winners Take All: The Elite Charade...
Duterte’s congressional supporters seal Philippine TV network’s fate
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A request by the Philippines’ biggest radio and TV network for a new franchise has been rejected by a congressional committee...
Malaysia police summon Al Jazeera journalists for questioning
The controversial 101 East episode Locked Up in Malaysia's Lockdown on 3 July 2020. Video: Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Malaysian police summoned six Al...
#HoldTheLine campaign launched to back Maria Ressa, independent media
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Sixty press freedom groups and civil society organisations, journalism institutions, filmmakers, and other supporters have formed a coalition in support of...
National MP Jian Yang, who admitted training Chinese spies, quits politics
By RNZ News
Opposition National list MP Dr Jian Yang has announced his retirement from New Zealand politics and says he will not stand in...
From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie, who sailed on the original Rainbow Warrior to Rongelap atoll and is author of the book Eyes of Fire.
Thirty...
Benny Wenda: A referendum, not ‘autonomy’, only West Papua solution
COMMENT: By Benny Wenda, chair of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua
For over 50 years, Indonesia has been promising West Papua "autonomy". Each...
Tonga postpones repatriation flight after Fiji confirms 3 covid-19 cases
By Kalino Latu in Auckland
The first repatriation flight to return stranded Tongans from Fiji which was supposed to start today as announced by the...
PNG covid response controller warns public against fake news
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's Controller of the National Pandemic Response and Police Commissioner, David Manning, has told the public that a rumour...
New NZ case of ‘isolated’ covid patient visiting supermarket to be...
By RNZ News
Health Minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand's latest case of covid-19 will be charged for breaching isolation and visiting a central Auckland...