Pasifika youth looking for ‘inspiration’ in politics, says Auckland councillor
Hele Ikimotu talks to Pasifika youth about whether they are voting in upcoming general elections in a vox pops video.
By Hele Ikimotu in Auckland
The...
‘This isn’t Aleppo. This is Marawi City’ – urban war in...
Aerial shot from a drone of Banggolo and Bubonga barangays in Marawi City taken on 8 June 2017 shows the destruction and fire from...
Paris climate change pact ‘not enough to save us’, warns Fiji...
By Nasik Swami in Suva
Current national contributions by countries to the Paris Agreement on climate change are not enough to save the Pacific, says...
Climate change ‘defining issue for the world’, says Labour MP
Hele Ikimotu checks out Auckland responses to climate change in a vox pops video.
By Hele Ikimotu in Auckland
Pasifika youth should be more engaged with...
How traditional and social media will impact on PNG elections
ANALYSIS: By Jess Hopkinson and Holly Driscoll
Social media is a new phenomenon which enables easy and instant access to voters. Papua New Guinea’s freedom...
Ex-Treasurer backs probe into LPG non-payments, slams ‘negligence’
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill campaigns for his People's National Congress (PNC) candidates contesting in the 2017 National Elections in the Highlands this week. Video:...
Joey Tau: Can the MSG bloc walk out on the PACER-Plus...
ANALYSIS: By Joey Tau in Suva
Vanuatu is the latest Melanesian state to express reservations on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) agreement...
‘We shouldn’t rest on our laurels,’ warn NZ nuclear free activists
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
As international talks at the United Nations on the ban of nuclear weapons draw closer, New Zealand nuclear free and...
Cartoons: Malcolm Evans on 50th anniversary of 1967 Israeli war and...
Malcolm Evans reflects on the price of the half of the century of Israeli occupation Palestinian territory and illegal settlements in defiance of the...
Panguna women landowners say BCL didn’t consult and ‘isn’t welcome’
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
Women in Central Bougainville and landowners of the Panguna copper mine site are opposing the reopening of the mine.
A delegation...
Southern Cross: 30 years of N-free Aotearoa – Pacific leaders seek...
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
AUT Pacific Media Centre's Pacific Media Watch freedom project editor Kendall Hutt speaks with 95bFM's The Wire host Amanda Jane...
Images: NZ peace activists pay homage to 1987 nuclear-free law campaigners
New Zealand peace activists gathered together at the weekend in Devonport -- home of the country's first "nuclear-free zone" -- to pay homage to...
PNG police, forces launch Moresby security operation for elections
The joint parade of disciplinary forces in Port Moresby at the weekend. Video: EMTV News
By Theckla Gunga in Port Moresby
A joint parade between members...
Flashback to NZ’s nuclear-free law 1987: Challenging Goliath
New Zealand quietly celebrated 30 years of its official status as a “nuclear-free” country this week, marking the time when NZ Nuclear Free Zone,...
‘Fake news’ unlikely to gain presence in NZ media, says journalism...
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Seasoned journalists and academics have warned "fake news" could invade New Zealand's media if journalists do not remain vigilant.
"It's about...
Pacific leaders drive call for healthier oceans at UN conference
Campaigning to save threatened Pacific and global fish stocks. Video: UN
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Political leaders from across the Pacific have played a central role...
‘We’re going to survive war on drugs,’ university dealers tell Duterte
By Roy Abrahmn Narra in Manila
Drug dealers and users at a private university in the Philippines capital of Manila are confident they will survive...
More women in Solomon Islands politics — how it needs to...
In this University of the South Pacific's student journalist documentary broadcast on Radio Pasifik, Wansolwara’s Elizabeth Osifelo investigates the issue of women participating in...
Greenpeace Indonesia protesters target US climate policy ‘disaster’
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Greenpeace Indonesia has staged a protest in front of the US embassy in Jakarta over the decision of President Donald...
Wansolwara student journos report on West Papua human rights struggle
By Vilimaina Naqelevuki in Suva
Media access to West Papua, where more than half a million of its indigenous people have reportedly been killed over...