5th NZ coronavirus case: Community spread ‘inevitable’, says professor
By RNZ News
A public health professor says the World Health Organisation's failure to declare Covid-19 a pandemic is giving New Zealanders a false sense...
Global technology leader warns against ‘digital takeover’ of democracy
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Global technology and business leader Dr Anita Sands has warned against allowing digital technology to take over democracy on the eve of...
NZ remains low-risk but must protect Pacific nations from Covid-19 virus
ANALYSIS: By Dr Colin Tukuitonga
As Covid-19 coronavirus continues to cause considerable concern globally, we must remind ourselves that New Zealand has a good response...
NZ bars Australian investigative journalist working for Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Watch
An award-winning journalist whose reporting on a murder and corruption investigation got her deported from Malaysia has been prevented from boarding a...
#I’llridewithyou, West Papua – three women who speak out
Pacific Media Watch
After the 2014 Lindt cafe bombing in Sydney, the social media hashtag #illridewithyou went viral in solidarity.
At the same time, three women...
Murdered journalists a ‘hurdle’ for Jakarta in concealing Timor invasion
NEWS REVIEW: By Robert Baird
The Australian lawyer who helped uncover the Timor-Leste bugging scandal says Australia had direct, advanced knowledge of the threat that...
Maria Ressa named among Time’s most influential women of century
By Rappler in Manila
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is among Time's "100 Women of the Year", the news magazine has revealed ahead of International Women's...
Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ‘lived her convictions’
By RNZ News
Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has died.
Her husband, Harry Parke, said the death was totally unexpected.
"Yesterday morning she was out on...
Indonesian coronavirus patients hit by lack of privacy legal safeguards
By Ardilla Syakriah, Rizki Fachriansyah and Muh. Ibnu Aqil in Jakarta
Indonesia’s first two confirmed Covid-19 coronavirus patients claim that media coverage and discussion on...
NZ pledges $1m for WHO in coronavirus support to Pacific
Pacific Media Watch
New Zealand is providing NZ$1 million to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Suva, Fiji, to support its Pacific Action Plan for...
Four Fiji suspected coronavirus cases in ‘strict isolation’
By Praneeta Prakash in Suva
Four people have been isolated by Fiji health officials and are being monitored for suspected Covid-19 coronavirus infection.
The Health Ministry...
Third coronavirus case confirmed in NZ, says health chief
By RNZ News
A third case of Covid-19 coronavirus has been confirmed in New Zealand.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield told RNZ's Morning Report that...
NZ health officials condemn ‘hostile’ social media attacks on virus family
Pacific Media Centre
Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) staff are calling for restraint and calm as a New Zealand family in isolation for Covid-19...
Loss of Australian Associated Press (AAP) a tragedy for entire Pacific
By Sri Krishnamurthi
The shock announcement yesterday that the Australian Associated Press newsagency will cease operations after 85 years is a blow to journalism in...
Closure of AAP is yet another blow to public interest journalism...
By Alexandra Wake of RMIT University
Australia’s news landscape, and the ability of citizens to access quality journalism, has been dealt a major blow by...
‘Defend beleaguered rights’ of Wikileaks founder call to Morrison
Pacific Media Watch
Citizens, journalists, lawyers and international media personalities have joined together in an international open letter to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, calling...
NZ must ‘properly screen’ passengers in Pacific, says former health chief
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Former Director of Public Health Dr Colin Tukuitonga says it is incumbent on New Zealand to screen passengers travelling to and from...
Investments minister ‘rules out’ more palm oil plantations in Papua
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta
A top Indonesian official has declared a halt to new oil palm plantations in the country’s heavily forested West...
Indonesian security chief belittles Papua political prisoners document
Pacific Media Centre
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD says he is not interested in further examining the document containing...
Indonesia’s Jokowi announces first two confirmed Covid-19 cases
By Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has announced that two Indonesians have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the...