RSF condemns new gagging threats to outspoken Philippine media outlets
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Kodao Productions, a Philippine alternative news website, is still down after being the target of a cyber-attack six days ago and...
A timely climate media strategy to empower citizens
BOOKS: By David Robie, editor of Pacific Journalism Review
At the time of reviewing this important and timely book, Hurricane Irma had just ripped a...
Hiroshima experience sparks new PMC researcher’s peace studies path
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A postdoctoral researcher who has recently joined AUT’s Pacific Media Centre was inspired to carry out peace studies research when she...
‘We prayed with them until they died’ – stories of Kiribati...
Coming ashore ... seven ferry disaster survivors reach Kiribati and tell their stories. Image: TVNZ video clip
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ's Pacific correspondent
With 93 people...
Crown breached Crimes Act over ‘depoliticising’ Treaty of Waitangi
OPINION: By Steve Edwards
The New Zealand government’s ongoing failure to acknowledge that the British Crown did not gain sovereignty over New Zealand in 1840...
The Daily Blog: Jacinda’s Waitangi Day 2018 aroha creating a Māori...
OPINION: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
Waitangi Day 2018 smells different doesn’t it?
It tastes different too.
No bitter "Māori privilege" nonsense from Don...
United ULMWP executive confident of O’Neill’s West Papua support
By Len Garae in Port Vila
The executive of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has complied with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister...
Asian rights body calls for more action by Jakarta over Papuan...
Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen was given exclusive access to report on the measles outbreak from Asatat, in Indonesia's Papua province.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Asian...
Latest France rugby crisis sparks sense of deja vu for Les...
By Jack De Menezes in Paris
French rugby is going through a difficult period. The national team lacks direction, the head coach has just departed...
New bill would make Australia worst in free world for criminalising...
ANALYSIS: By Dr Johan Lidberg in Melbourne
Australia is a world leader in passing the most amendments to existing and new anti-terror and security laws...
Rappler links Duterte 2016 campaign to Philippine fake news ‘ecosystem’
By Christine O. Avendaño in Manila
News website Rappler has found millions of false social media accounts spreading fake news linked originally to the 2016...
Pacific knowledge, smart media used to tackle mosquito-borne diseases
By Dr Sylvia C. Frain of the Pacific Media Centre
An international TechCamp event, funded by the US Embassy in New Zealand and organised by...
Ten primary school children among 80+ people missing on Kiribati ferry
People in Kiribati are calling for action after the ferry disaster. Video: RNZ
By Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS Pacific Correspondent
In Kiribati, 88 people are now...
‘Tenacious’ crusading journalist and editor Pat Booth dies aged 88
By Phil Taylor of The New Zealand Herald
Crusading newspaperman Pat Booth was driven by the belief that the world needs more giraffes - people...
The ‘Girls of Revolution Street’ protest over Iran’s compulsory hijab laws
By Mahsa Alimardani of Global Voices
A spate of defiant Iranian women have taken to the streets of Tehran to protest against compulsory veiling.
Photos of...
Richard McLeod: Make our voices known against the euthanasia bill
OPINION: By Richard McLeod
Two years ago, the Parliamentary Health Select Committee investigating public attitudes to euthanasia and assisted suicide in New Zealand received a...
PNG doctors call for compulsory post-mortems to stem sorcery killings
By Grace Auka Salmang in Port Moresby
Post-mortems should be compulsory in alleged sorcery-related deaths, says Papua New Guinea's National Doctors' Association (NDA).
Legislation must be...
Indonesian leader meets Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, vows support
By Mahmut Atanur in Jakarta
Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, southwestern district of Bangladesh, as part of his official...
Michael Powles: ‘Recolonising’ the Pacific would stir security backlash
ANALYSIS: By Michael Powles with Anna Powles
Australia's recent Foreign Policy White Paper says that Australia's approach in the region will focus on "helping to...
Indonesia prone to cyber attacks up to the year 2025, says...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Indonesia is predicted to be prone to cyber attacks from this year until 2025, says a media communication and technology consultant.
A.T....