Assassinated Filipino activist Echanis’ widow demands release of his body
Widow Erlinda Echanis demands the release of the body of her husband, assassinated peace activist Randall "Randy" Echanis. Video: Rappler
By Rambo Talabong in Manila
After...
Facebook criticised for pulling article with West Papuan pic
By RNZ Pacific
Facebook has been urged by media freedom advocates to restore an article it pulled ostensibly because the piece violated its rules on...
Bus driver tells of masks resistance as PNG announces record covid...
By Patricia Kamo in Port Moresby
A bus driver in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby says it is hard to force passengers to wear...
Robertson rejects National suggestion for PM to ‘step back’ over covid...
By RNZ News
Senior Labour MP Grant Robertson has rejected opposition National's suggestion that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern step back from announcements on covid-19 alert...
RSF calls on Facebook to restore censored Papua press freedom article
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Facebook to restore an article that was censored for violating its rules on nudity...
One new confirmed isolation case, four probables linked to Pacific family...
By RNZ News
QR app codes are now mandatory for New Zealand businesses and services, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley...
Jakarta asks Papuan rights lawyer Koman to return scholarship money
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman says the Indonesian government has asked her to return scholarship money amounting to 773...
Bougainvilleans go to polls today in spite of first covid-19 case
By The Bougainvillean
Bougainville is heading to the polls today amid its first case of the covid-19 in the
fourth general election of Papua New Guinea’s...
Hundreds call busy NZ healthline over new lockdown, emergency text resent
By RNZ News
People calling New Zealand's covid-19 healthline were facing long waits on hold today as the phone line struggles with high demand as...
Four new covid cases push NZ into three-day resurgence plan
By RNZ News
Four positive cases of covid-19 outside of managed isolation or quarantine have been reported and New Zealand has activated a resurgence plan.
After...
One new NZ case of covid in isolation as Bloomfield says...
By RNZ News
New Zealand has reported one new case of covid-19 in managed isolation today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
Director-General of Health Dr...
Guam’s first family hit by covid – governor’s son tells his...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
As Guam's health statistics continue to mount, covid-19 has hit the first family, reports the Pacific Island Times.
Following Governor Lou Leon...
RSF denounces arrest of Apple Daily founder, who risks life imprisonment
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders global media freedom watchdog has denounced the arrest of Jimmy Lai, the founder of Hong Kong's...
PMC protests to Facebook over censored West Papua news item
Pacific Media Watch
The Pacific Media Centre has protested to Facebook over censorship of a West Papuan media freedom news item in what its director,...
New covid cases in PNG, Bougainville, New Caledonia and Tahiti aired
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Radio 95bFM The Wire's Zoë Larsen Cumming and Justin Wong talked to Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie today about...
Second PNG mine confirms covid case as national infections top 200
By EMTV News
Lihir is the second mine in Papua New Guinea to report a confirmed covid-19 case as the national total of infections reached...
Foreign media told to ‘obey rules’ over mosque gunman sentencing
By Tracy Neal of RNZ News
A senior journalism lecturer is urging the foreign media to respect New Zealand's strict reporting restrictions for the sentencing of...
Former Somali refugee now Ivy League scholar bound for US
Studying a Bachelor of Arts at AUT helped Guled Mire understand his place in the world, so that he can make a difference in...
Contact tracing begins for first Bougainville covid case
By Patrick Makis in Buka
Contact tracing has begun for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville's first covid-19 case.
The 22-year-old male, who had returned from Port...
100 days without covid-19: how NZ got rid of a globally...
By Michael Baker, University of Otago; Amanda Kvalsvig, University of Otago, and Nick Wilson, University of Otago
Tomorrow, New Zealand will mark 100 days without...