By Anish Chand in Suva Political leaders are known to beat around the bush when it comes to answering serious topics and when faced with...

By RNZ News New Zealand has identified another nine cases of the covid-19 coronavirus, but no new deaths. The new cases include four confirmed and five...

Pacific Media Watch The Indonesian human rights advocacy group TAPOL has denounced the sentencing by the district court of Central Jakarta which found six political...

By RNZ News A New Zealand university is asking students to pay a "placeholder fee" for rooms in its halls of residence during the covid-19...

By RNZ News New Zealanders are commemorating Anzac Day all around the country in an unique way today. Services around the country have been shelved and...

By Galih Gumelar in Jakarta A panel of judges at the Central Jakarta District Court have found six activists guilty of committing treasonous acts for...

Pacific Media Watch The United Nations rights chief has condemned countries using the coronavirus crisis as an excuse to arrest journalists and restrict information, insisting...

By RNZ News Five new cases of covid-19 have been reported in New Zealand in the past 24 hours, with one more death linked to...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Pacific Nations could hold sway this weekend as the World Rugby vote for a chairman takes...

By Tess Brunton, tourism reporter of RNZ News The mayor of Queenstown Lakes has described plans to cut hundreds of tourism jobs as a horror...

By Martha Louis in Madang A group of Papua New Guinean women who sell crafts at Madang’s famous Haus Kaving outside the Madang Resort have been...

By Stefan Armbruster in Brisbane A refugee in immigration detention has launched a High Court challenge against Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and his...

By RNZ News Three new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in New Zealand in the past 24 hours, with the Health Ministry also confirming...

Reporters Without Borders has just published its annual World Press Freedom Index ranking countries over censorship. Video: Hannah Cleaver/DW PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie,...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor for Pacific Media Watch New Zealand's Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Kris Faafoi today announced the first...

Pacific Media Watch The PNG Media Council has called on Papua New Guinea's Joint Task Force National Operations Centre-19 to maintain "transparency and accountability" in...

By Imelda V. Abano in Manila Indigenous people across the world are disproportionately affected by climate change. They are also leading movements to protect our...

By RNZ News Air New Zealand has confirmed that 30 of its staff have tested positive for Covid-19, with 25 of them now recovered. In a...

DISPATCH FROM THE PACIFIC: By Professor Elisabeth Holland. She writes from a remote island in Fiji’s Koro Sea where she went to stay out...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of the Pacific Media Watch When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced extending the New Zealand lockdown to past ANZAC weekend,...