Compiled by Godwin Ligo in Port Vila The former president of the National United Party (NUP) and one time former Prime Minister, Ham Lini Vanuaroroa,...

The Visit Auckland video "Papatūānuku (our earth mother) is Breathing". PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as...

By RNZ News Data to determine if community transmission of Covid-19 is occurring in New Zealand will be a big factor in tomorrow's decision on...

By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of Television NZ More than 300 Cook Islanders stranded and in lockdown in New Zealand are furious to receive news...

Pacific Media Watch The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Hong Kong authorities to drop all charges against Jimmy Lai, founder and chair of...

By RNZ News New Zealand reported 13 new cases of Covid-19 today, made up of eight confirmed, and five probable cases. The total number of cases...

Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed to learn that Indonesia’s police have been ordered to combat not only disinformation about the coronavirus...

Pacific Media Centre The Indonesian government is bracing itself for social unrest ahead of the Ramadan fasting month amid the economic downturn caused by the...

By RNZ News There have now been 11 deaths from Covid-19 in New Zealand, but the number of new cases has dropped to single figures...

By Jennifer Robinson and Veronica Koman with the support of TAPOL Sixty-three political prisoners detained on treason charges in Indonesia have made a joint urgent...

ANALYSIS: By Peter Greste of The University of Queensland It is easy to assume Australia has a free press. Our squawky newspapers are filled with...

By Wansolwara News A 21-year-old man on Fiji's Vanua Levu island has tested positive for the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, taking the total number of cases...

By Raimundos Oki in Dili Journalists in Timor-Leste are facing pay cuts amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its...

Pacific Media Centre Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has confirmed that there are now five new cases of coronavirus in the country, three...

PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a Pacific Media Watch series. Donald Trump’s sabre-rattling...

By RNZ News New Zealand has had the lowest daily increase of Covid-19 coronavirus infection cases since lockdown began last month, the Prime Minister has...

By Koroi Tadulala in Suva Fiji's Ministry of Health mobile fever clinic teams operating in the greater Suva area have screened 121,304 Fijians so far. The...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch The thin veneer of a seemingly robust New Zealand media was ripped off like a...

By RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, government ministers and public service chief executives will take a 20 percent pay cut for the...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Desperate times call for desperate measures and so it is with journalism schools throughout the Pacific...