Journalist ‘hauled in’ for police questioning at Malaysia land protest
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A journalist has been taken in for police questioning while documenting the land struggles of Temiar Orang Asli, an indigenous community...
‘Shocking’ levels of child violence found in Pacific, says new report
By RNZ Pacific
A report has detailed shocking levels of physical violence and neglect towards millions of Pacific Islands children, sparking calls for better-targeted aid...
Pacific leaders declare climate crisis, demand end to coal
By RNZ Pacific
Pacific leaders have declared a climate crisis in the region and are demanding an end to coal mining.
The declaration was signed by...
NZ university denies bowing to Chinese pressure over Tiananmen
By RNZ News
Auckland University of Technology has denied bowing to Chinese government pressure to stop one of its rooms being used for an event...
PNG tribal warlord surrenders to police to ‘restore peace and harmony’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
An influential warlord in PNG’s Hela province has handed himself in to security forces in the wake of mass killings last...
PMC projects creative ‘grab bag’ unveiled at midwinter showcase
By Michael Andrew
A creative “grab bag” of projects has been unveiled by the Pacific Media Centre in a showcase of collaboration across academic and...
Australia has a ‘moral responsibility’ to planet, says Marape
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Australia has a responsibility to protect the Pacific region from the impacts of climate change, PNG’s newly appointed Prime Minister has...
PNG’s donated APEC vehicles given to state agencies, NGOs and churches
By Simon Keslep in Port Moresby
The 166 donated vehicles used during last year's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in Papua New Guinea have...
Post-referendum options raised in New Caledonia
By RNZ Pacific
France's outgoing High Commissioner to New Caledonia has said should preparations be needed for a third referendum on independence from France, there...
Ihumātao: Powerful powhiri welcomes state ministers to protest site
By RNZ News
About 2000 people showed their support as New Zealand protests against a controversial proposed housing development at Ihumātao in South Auckland entered...
Police drop trespass charges against French TV crew at Adani protest
French television journalist Hugo Clément speaking out about the arrest in Queensland on Monday. Video: Euronews
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has...
Mobile era Pacific Media Centre website upgrade ready to go live
By Michael Andrew
The Pacific Media Centre has a new website and it will be going live over the next week.
A project almost two years...
British Lords call for strong stand on press freedom in West...
By RNZ Pacific
Eight members of Britain's House of Lords want to see their government take a strong stand on press freedom in West Papua.
In...
Protesters arrested and dogs pepper-sprayed at ‘sacred’ NZ site
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
New Zealand police have pepper-sprayed two dogs and arrested three more people at the site of a controversial land dispute in...
Phil Fitzpatrick: PNG’s Kramer ‘crucial’ law and order change maker
COMMENTARY: By Phil Fitzpatrick in Tumby Bay
The recent horrific events in Hela Province have brought the role of the police force in Papua New...
RSF demands Australian police drop charges against French TV crew
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Australian authorities to drop all charges against four French TV journalists who –...
Indonesia’s cover up over Papuan media freedom violations exposed
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Indonesia recently hosted a bold public relations window-dressing expo in Auckland presenting itself as a “Pacific” nation while attempting to provide...
West Papuan independence fighters kill Indonesian soldier
By RNZ Pacific
West Papuan fighters have killed an Indonesian soldier in a renewed threat to Jakarta's road project there.
State news agency Antara reported the...
PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape wants Australia to close the detention centre it has been running on PNG's Manus island...
NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
New Zealand’s unprecedented “internet-native mass shooting” attack on two mosques, the New Caledonia independence referendum, Fiji’s general election and news media...