Gallery: Children head NZ’s ‘love not hate’ rally in central Auckland
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Pacific Media Centre's Del Abcede was on the ground for last Sunday's "love not hate" rally with about 2000 people marching...
Drug problem in Philippines has ‘worsened’, admits Duterte
By Nestor Corrales in Manila
Despite the Philippine government’s brutal war on drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that the drug problem in the country...
RSF condemns China’s ‘global press freedom threat’ in new report
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
In a report titled China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order, the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has...
NZ Royal Commission to probe security agencies, says Ardern
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand will hold a Royal Commission of Inquiry into security agencies following the Christchurch...
How Christchurch mosque assault has made a mark on NZ media
By Colin Peacock, editor of Mediawatch NZ
The attack in Christchurch has forced New Zealand news media to rethink the way they work, whose voices...
Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack
ANALYSIS: By Dr Paul G Buchanan
The terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques this month is a watershed moment in New Zealand history.
In the days,...
Thousands take part in Auckland ‘love Aotearoa’ rally, reject race terror
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Thousands flocked to the "Love Aotearoa Hate Racism" rally at Aotea Square in central Auckland today in solidarity with the Muslim...
Gallery: Christchurch terror: Prayers and hijabs for peace at Ponsonby
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The massive gathering in Christchurch's Hagley Park has reassured and uplifted their shocked community, say New Zealand Muslim leaders.
About 20,000 people...
New Zealander’s image of togetherness chosen for Time magazine
By Tim Miller of the Otago Daily Times
A former Dunedin artist has been chosen to illustrate the cover of Time magazine's international edition for...
Dear PM: ‘It breaks my heart that a sense of belonging...
Summer Joyan's open letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern:
Dear Prime Minister Ardern,
I am a 13-year-old Muslim girl from Australia and I would like to...
Rugby star Sonny Bill: ‘People don’t know what Islam is’
By RNZ News
All Black and devout Muslim Sonny Bill Williams hopes New Zealanders will embrace Islam more in light of last week's terror attack...
Former PMW reporter talks to SA media on mosque massacre
Rahul Bhattarai talks to eNCA News of South Africa live from New Zealand. Video: eNCA News
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Former Pacific Media Watch project reporter...
NZ marks call to prayer, two-minute silence to honour mosque dead
By RNZ News
New Zealand today observed the Muslim call to prayer and two minutes of silence in Christchurch and across the country, one week...
How to move beyond simplistic debates that demonise Islam
By Professor Edwina Pio
New Zealand is a religiously and ethnically diverse country with an almost negligible global terrorism index. Muslims have lived in New...
AUT students: ‘We want to stay as a country, unified, always’
By Michael Andrew
Muslim students at Auckland University of Technology have praised the gestures of kindness they have received from fellow students and the New...
NZ bans military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced a New Zealand ban on all military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles
She pledged the day...
18,000 at Dunedin vigil to remember terror attack victims
By RNZ News
A Muslim leader has told a crowd of 18,000 at a vigil in the South Island city of Dunedin this evening the...
Four lessons we must take away from the Christchurch terror attack
By Dr Joe Burton in Hamilton
In the aftermath of the tragic loss of life in Christchurch last Friday, the focus needs to be on...
Momis calls on Bougainvilleans to be unified and vote for independence
By Anthony Kaybing in Buka
Bougainvilleans have been urged to present a unified front in casting their votes when the Autonomous Region of Bougainville goes...