‘Despicable’ Youi wins Roger Award for ‘worst transnational’ in NZ
The insurance company Youi, headquartered in South Africa and prominent in Australia, has been awarded the annual Roger Award for the “worst transnational corporation...
Indonesian islanders win struggle against Chinese mining firm
By Ryan Dagur in Jakarta
Indigenous people on a small Christian majority island in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province are claiming victory after the government revoked...
Australian Centre for Independent Journalism closes after 25 years
The Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, one of the flagships of investigative journalism, has been closed after 25 years in a controversial decision by...
RSF calls on Jokowi to honour pledge to let journalists work...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Indonesian President Joko Widodo to keep his election promise to allow local and international journalists to operate...
Trump puts Indonesia on ‘cheating foreign importers’ hit list
By Anton Hermansyah, Stefani Ribka and Tama Salim in Jakarta
A week after seeing a petition against Indonesia's biodiesel, the country has seen another blow...
SAS ‘atrocity’ book authors accuse PM of allowing issue to ‘fester’
The authors of the controversial investigative book Hit & Run have accused Prime Minister Bill English of ensuring the allegations of a New Zealand...
Tagata Pasifika goes down memory lane – 30 years of broadcasting
The Tagata Pasifika special made to mark 20 years of the programme. Video: Sunpix
For three decades Tagata Pasifika has been telling the stories of...
Investigation into Fiji Times sedition charge steps up with search warrant
Pacific Media Watch
Sedition charges against several Fiji Times Limited staff have loomed larger with the Criminal Investigations Department of the Fijian police force executing...
Upgrade deadlock over Port Vila runway ends – China contract ok
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
In a late-night teleconference with senior government officials, World Bank representatives finally acquiesced to Vanuatu’s choice of bidder for...
Military chief’s Op Burnham account highlights key Afghan legal concerns
ANALYSIS: By Selwyn Manning
There is an overlooked aspect of the New Zealand Defence Force’s account of Operation Burnham that when scrutinised suggests a possible...
Climate change key focus of EU ‘case for the Pacific’ roundtable
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Climate change is the central focus of the European Union’s continuing relationship with the Pacific, says the international cooperation chief.
Stefano...
‘Going backstage’: Swiss researcher reveals public broadcast practices
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
In an ever-changing news environment, one academic and researcher has "gone backstage" at Switzerland’s public broadcasting company to better understand...
Indonesia’s tug-of-war: The age of pseudo-military leaders rolls on
ANALYSIS: By Johannes Nugroho (Part 2)
Following the awkward debacle of suspended military cooperation with Australia, in another maverick moment, General Gatot Nurmantyo told the...
Indonesia’s military and police locked in presidential tug-of-war
ANALYSIS: By Johannes Nugroho (Part 1)
Since its inception in 2014, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration has witnessed growing rivalry between the Indonesian Military (TNI)...
AUT award winners bound for Fiji on ‘Bearing Witness’ mission
By Queenie Jose of Te Waha Nui
Two Auckland University of Technology students who took top communication studies prizes at an awards ceremony last night...
BBC teams up with AFP’s growing television ‘firepower’
AFP's global news - "A different angle". A promotional video.
Under a multi-year agreement starting tomorrow, the British public broadcaster BBC will receive edited live...
PMC students score well in AUT’s annual media awards
Pacific Media Centre affiliated students and graduates have won several prizes at the annual School of Communication Studies awards night at Auckland University of...
AUT Communication Studies Awards – the winners
School of Communication Studies award winners 2016:
School of Communication Studies Award for Top Student in the Certificate in Communication Studies: Joshua Katz
School of Communication...
Hit & Run review – a painstaking and dangerous book challenge
REVIEW: By Dr Wayne Hope
It can’t have been easy for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and their political leaders to deny the results...
Hit & Run reply: This is what a military cover-up looks...
By Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson
The Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Tim Keating presented the NZ Defence Force response to the book Hit &...