Pasifika Renaissance calls for Pacific oral histories on video
From Pacific Media Centre
Pasifika Renaissance, an NGO dedicated to Pacific oral histories, has appealed to groups documenting traditional knowledge to upload stories to their...
‘Donated’ Russian weapons may have dual purpose in Fiji, says analyst
From Evening Report
By New Zealand-based security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan
Last week Fiji took delivery of a shipment of Russian weapons that were “donated” by...
Vanuatu airport crisis: Daily Post hits back on safety
Vanuatu Daily Post editorial today in response to the Vanuatu government attack over the newspaper exposing Port Vila's international airport safety issue.
THE PRICE OF...
Pacific public health warning over Zika virus infection
Pacific Media Centre
By Losalini Bolatagici in Suva
Fiji and other Pacific Island nations have been warned about the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
The Secretariat of the Pacific...
Caretaker PM slams Vanuatu Daily Post for outspoken airport editorial
From Pacific Media Watch
Vanuatu’s caretaker government has attacked the Vanuatu Daily Post for an outspoken editorial in Wednesday’s edition, entitled “The price of politics”,...
War Reporters and RSF book pay homage to Robert Capa
From Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders has unveiled its new video campaign, War Reporters. Its release coincides with the publication of RSF’s 50th book...
EMTV now owned by PNG after decade of Fiji ownership
From Pacific Media Watch
By Leanne Jorari in Port Moresby
After almost a year of negotiations, paired with several road bumps along the way, Media Niugini...
‘No secret’: Russia supplied small arms to Fiji at government’s request
From Sputnik News
The Russian Foreign Ministry has denied media reports alleging supplies of firearms and ammunition to the Pacific nation of Fiji were "secret",...
West Papua testimony: ‘After the massacres, the injustices continue’
From Popular Resistance
By Jason MacLeod
This testimony was written in collaboration with Mama Tineke and Daniel Rayer, two West Papuan activists who survived the 1998...
Pacific Islanders debate paradox of ‘Oceanianism’ and global citizens
From Indepth News
By Shailendra Singh in Suva
Discussions about the concept of "Global Citizenship" are gaining momentum in various international forums, but remain largely unexplored...
Regenvanu warns over ‘misleading’ media speculation on Vanuatu government
From Vanuatu Daily Post
The president of the Graon mo Jastis Pati (GJP), Ralph Regenvanu, has called on local and foreign media organisations to be...
AUT Pacific Media Centre launches AsiaPacificReport.nz news website
By Denise Yeo
AUT’s Pacific Media Centre and Evening Report editor Selwyn Manning have teamed up to launch Asia Pacific Report, a news website that...
Timor-Leste human rights protesters harassed over peaceful Jokowi demo
From Amnesty International
Two members of Timor-Leste’s security forces visited the office of the human rights NGO Yayasan HAK this week and the police have...
The PMC Project – a Pacific Media Centre profile
From the Pacific Media Centre
A short documentary by Alistar Kata
In 2009, a short video was made by AUT television students John Pulu and Sophie...
Vanuatu winning poll candidate signs over 100pc of salary to chiefs
From Vanuatu Daily Post
By Len Garae in Port Vila
Provisional successful candidate for North Ambae Alickson Vira has kept his promise in the Vanuatu snap...
Indonesia’s Island of Intolerance – ‘time running out’
From Human Rights Watch
By Phelim Kine
Time is running out for the beleaguered Ahmadiyah community on Bangka Island in Indonesia.
Bangka Island’s top elected official, Tarmizi...
Cinema Pasifika – Episode 5: Painim Aut
Report from Cinema Pasifika
Cinema Pasifika is a new series of programmes showcasing short films from the Pacific Islands region being screened by Australia Plus...
TPPA national interest analysis criticised as flimsy and biased
Report from Evening Report
By Selwyn Manning in Auckland
New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay yesterday released the National Interest Analysis (NIA), a document tasked to...
Rousing, inspirational public challenge to ‘no way’ TPPA deal
Report from Pacific Media Watch
A leading critic of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement last night showed off "Tim the dead rat" to rousing cheers,...
An Australia Day flashback – Other People’s Wars
A 1988 John Pilger documentary, The Last Dream: Other People's Wars, looks at the complicated relationship that Australians have with war.
A 2015 YouTube viewer's...