French minister says New Caledonia referendum on track despite covid
By RNZ Pacific
France's new overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu says New Caledonia's restrictions over the covid-19 pandemic will not affect the preparations for the October...
Media under strain in Melanesia during challenging era
By RNZ Pacific
Hostile media environments pose growing challenges to Melanesia's democracies, according to a new edition of the Pacific Journalism Review.
With its first special...
Port Moresby may need to expand covid isolation facilities, warns doctor
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby
Port Moresby may need to expand its covid-19 isolation facilities quickly and effectively in case a big spike in...
West Papua scores lowest democracy index, free expression declines
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Indonesia's West Papua province has again been recorded as having the worst democracy index in the republic, reports CNN Indonesia.
This year...
PNG surge in covid infections to 153 ‘expected’ and likely to...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A medical authority has warned that the spike in covid-19 cases in Papua New Guinea is to be expected and could...
AJF slams ‘misguided’ Malaysian investigation into Al Jazeera report
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom (AJF) has called on the Malaysian government to desist its current investigation of Al Jazeera English...
Martyn Bradbury: TVNZ block on Māori Party for election debates shameful
COMMENT: By Martyn Bradbury
TVNZ have made the decision to exclude the Māori Party from their election debates.
The argument being forwarded by TVNZ is that...
Air Tahiti Nui flight attendant tests positive for covid-19 – second...
By RNZ Pacific
A flight attendant in French Polynesia has tested positive for covid-19 - the second Tahiti infection recorded in three days.
The government said...
John Pilger: Another Hiroshima is coming — unless we stop it...
ANALYSIS: By John Pilger
When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect...
Cook Islands episode in AUT Pacific language series launched
The Cook Islands language video.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Cook Islands episode in AUT’s Pacific language video series – "Adapting to a changing world, shaping...
Pacific launches talks about how to reopen amid covid pandemic
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The safe reopening of entry points into six Pacific Islands countries amid the covid-19 pandemic is being discussed at a meeting...
Another PNG health officer tests covid positive – national covid total...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea has one new case of the novel coronavirus covid-19 reported yesterday bringing total cases to 111, reports EMTV...
Four Papua New Guineans arrested in cocaine for Australia plot
Police Commissioner David Manning's media conference yesterday about the K200 million drug heist. Video: Loop PNG
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papuan New Guinea's massive drug haul...
PJR warns growing risks and hostile laws ‘silencing’ Melanesian media
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Hostile media environments in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and West Papua pose growing challenges to the Melanesian region’s democracies, says Pacific...
Timorese journalists protest over plan to turn defamation into crime
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Timor-Leste's Journalist Association (AJTL) and journalism students marched through the streets of the capital Dili today calling on the government to...
Indonesian police arrest Djoko – PNG’s ‘Joe Chan’ – ...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Controversial Papua New Guinea citizen Joe Chan has been arrested in Malaysia - this time under the name Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra.
And...
Bryan Kramer: Background to the massive PNG drug heist and probe
By Bryan Kramer, Papua New Guinea's Minister of Police
Assistant Commissioner Lesa Gale of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) staged a press conference to announce...
More covid cases in PNG take total to 91 – health...
By RNZ Pacific
Nineteen more cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, taking the total number so far in the country to...
Noam Chomsky: Decades of ‘neoliberal plague’ left US unprepared for coronavirus...
Linguist and author Noam Chomsky says decades of neoliberal policies that shredded the social safety net and public institutions have left the country ill-prepared...
PNG investigation tracks down K200m ‘biggest drug heist’ – pilot fined
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A combined investigation team seized more than K200 million ($80 million) worth of cocaine in the biggest drug heist in the...