Pacific Media Centre TAPOL has condemned the political decision to cancel the early release of five political prisoners that were arrested in Jakarta for demonstrating...

By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira party has responded with anger to a radio interview with one of the party's two members of...

COMMENT: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Was New Zealand media giant NZME trying to pull a “fast one” when the company...

OBITUARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Before Ben Ryan (2016 Fiji gold medal winners at the Rio Olympics) there was George...

Pacific Media Watch The regent of Mimika in Papua has urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to temporarily close a mine in the regency owned by...

By Katie Scotcher, reporter for RNZ News A New Zealand doctors' union fears the Waitematā District Health Board is covering up mistakes that led to...

By RNZ Pacific Fiji has put its hand up to join New Zealand and Australia's travel bubble amid the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, New Zealand...

ANALYSIS: By Vissia Ita Yulianto of Universitas Gadjah Mada and Jian-bang Deng of Tamkang University Before the covid-19 pandemic started in late 2019, the...

By Todagia Kelola in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's National and Supreme Court sittings in Waigani, NCD, resumed under the “new normal” yesterday - no...

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today a staggered move for New Zealand into alert level 2 starting on Thursday, with schools and...

Pacific Media Watch More than 30 media freedom groups, journalists and academics have combined in an international statement today condemning the closure of the largest...

By RNZ News NZME is insisting a deal for it to purchase media rival Stuff is still on the cards, despite Stuff's owner saying it...

COMMENT: By Scott Waide, deputy regional head of news of EMTV News Yesterday , we received a lot of criticism over our coverage of the...

By Kris Gledhill of Auckland University of Technology As New Zealand approaches the end of its strictest lockdown period, a debate has begun about whether...

Pacific Media Watch Well into the alert level 3 phase of New Zealand's covid-19 coronavirus pandemic lockdown, and today’s weekly Pacific Media Centre Southern...

PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch As New Zealand prepares to go to alert level 2 in the...

Pacific Media Watch Former Papua New Guinea Defence Force commander Jerry Singirok has condemned the killing of a senior police officer allegedly by off-duty soldiers. He...

By RNZ News New Zealand has reported another two new confirmed cases of covid-19 in the global coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Health has revealed. There...

Pacific Media Watch Rappler publisher and chief editor Maria Ressa was critical today of the Philippines administration under President Rodrigo Duterte for its focus on...

Rappler justice reporter Lian Buan talks to ABS-CBN's Mike Navallo who broke the report about the shutdown. Video: Rappler Pacific Media Watch For the first time...