‘Economic headwinds’ force Newshub shutdown, media jobs cut in NZ
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
Warner Bros Discovery has confirmed its plans to shut down Newshub in Aotearoa New Zealand, including its website and...
Fiji’s position over Israeli war on Gaza – international blunder or...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Richard Naidu, editor of Islands Business
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been described...
NZ media: All Newshub operations to be shut down, 250 jobs...
RNZ News
All of Newshub operations -- part of New Zealand's second largest television news network channel Three -- are to be shut down and...
Violent clashes in New Caledonia as tensions rise over nickel pact
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Fresh clashes in New Caledonia have erupted in the suburbs of Nouméa between security forces and...
PSNA’s Minto slams Peters over ‘bluster’ speech on Gaza at UN
Asia Pacific Report
The leader of a New Zealand solidarity group of Palestinian self-determination supporters has accused the country's Foreign Minister Winston Peters of making...
Pacific nations gradually embracing Elon Musk’s Starlink
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Broadband satellite service provider Starlink is now being used in the Pacific but not always legally, for now.
In Vanuatu,...
NZ’s Peters criticises Security Council at UN, says Gaza ‘a wasteland’
RNZ News
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has told the United Nations the situation in Gaza is an "utter catastrophe" and criticised the...
Wenda challenges Indonesia’s ‘Papua never colonised’ claim as false
By Doddy Morris of the Vanuatu Daily Post
It has been 60 years since Indonesia has been refused humanitarian agencies and international media access to...
Alarm raised over ‘wave of havoc’ by Marshallese deported from US
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal, and RNZ Pacific correspondent
Majuro Mayor Ladie Jack is raising the alarm about criminal behaviour involving Marshallese deported...
New research report shows major drop in media trust in New...
Pacific Media Watch
Just a third of New Zealanders now say they trust the news. That is the major finding of Auckland University of Technology's...
NZ immigration work visa changes to target ‘unsustainable’ migration
RNZ News
The New Zealand government is bringing in immediate changes to the Accredited Employer Worker Visa, which it says will help protect migrants from...
PNG’s Marape orders military-police operation in Porgera over illegal mining
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has authorised a joint military and police operation in a decisive move to curb the escalating...
More pressure from US allies could see change to ‘untenable policy’...
Asia Pacific Report
Nour Odeh, a Palestinian political analyst, says that the US is more likely to move in the “right direction” when it comes...
Solomon Islands election 2024: Polling day workers cast early votes
RNZ News
The first votes of the 2024 Solomon Islands joint elections have been cast in Honiara on Friday.
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) said...
PJR to celebrate 30 years of journalism publishing at Pacific Media...
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Journalism Review, the Pacific and New Zealand's only specialist media research journal, is celebrating 30 years of publishing this year --...
Let in UN human rights mission to West Papua – stop...
PNG Post-Courier
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has declared its solidarity with civil society groups and student protesters demonstrating against the torture of a...
Thousands march across NZ demanding climate crisis action
Asia Pacific Report
From Whangārei in the north to Invercargill in the south, thousands took to the streets of Aotearoa New Zealand in today's climate...
PNG court rejects sex case accused MP’s bid to gag media
By Boura Goru Kila in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinea court application to stop the news media from reporting on an alleged sexual offence...
Noumea faces more protests over New Caledonia voting rules change
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Demonstrations have been held in New Caledonia -- with more protests expected -- from both pro-...
Three NZ Arab doctors joining Kia Ora Gaza humanitarian aid mission
Asia Pacific Report
Three New Zealand doctors -- two Palestinian and one Iraq-born -- are planning to join the charity Kia Ora Gaza in its...