Fijian flyer Vakatawa – a rugby gamble France need to take
Report from Pacific Media Watch
By Paul Eddison in Caen, France
The call-up of Sevens star Virimi Vakatawa to France's Six Nations squad was a calculated...
Choose majority rule instead of ‘mockery’, warns Vanuatu chief
Report from Pacific Media Watch in Port Vila
By Godwin Ligo of the Vanuatu Daily Post
Port Vila-based Ambrym chief Worwor Issac says he has observed...
Novès picks star Fijian Sevens wing in new-look France rugby squad
Video spotlight on Vakatawa's brilliance - 6 tries in the 2015 Wellington Sevens
Report from Pacific Media Watch in Paris
France head rugby union coach Guy...
More than hashtags needed to defy terror in Indonesia
From Pacific Media Watch
By Andi Rahman Alamsyah in Jakarta
People were commenting on social media within moments of the terrorist bombings and shooting in Jakarta...
Tuna fishing deal dispute keeps US boats out of Pacific waters
A 2015 Greenpeace video about the "out of control" global tuna fishing industry, including the Pacific. Rainbow Warrior skipper Peter Willcox interviewed. Video: Greenpeace
Report...
Fiji’s tourism bumper year breaks visitor record by 9pc
Report from Tourism Fiji in Nadi
Genuine collaboration among tourism industry stakeholders and an enabling economic environment to invest in the growth and development of...
Snap Vanuatu general election kicks off 2016 – year of the...
From Dev Policy Blog
By Tess Newton Cain in Port Vila
There are a number of countries that will hold general elections this year and it...
Veteran Rainbow Warrior activist, global eco advocate to co-lead Greenpeace
This video interview with Bunny McDiarmid was by the Pacific Media Centre's Alistar Kata to mark the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the...
Democracy Now! and the Bernie Sanders US revolution
From Democracy Now
With just weeks to go, polls show Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is edging ahead of front-runner Hillary Clinton in the primary season’s...
Home-grown Indonesian terrorists ‘used low-tech weapons’
Report from Agence France-Presse in Jakarta
Although Thursday's Jakarta attacks have been blamed on militants recruited by the Islamic State in Syria, with the international...
Controversy over Fiji’s ‘secret’ Russian military equipment
From The Fiji Times
By Nasik Swami in Suva
Controversy raged in Fiji today over containers sent to the Republic of Fiji Military Forces that arrived...
Jakarta terror attacks: ISIL claims responsibility
Report from Pacific Media Watch in Jakarta
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for the coordinated bomb...
The TPP: Why rush in where angels fear to tread?
Media release from the Public Health Association
The Public Health Association of New Zealand (PHA) is questioning the rush to sign the Trans Pacific Partnership...
#COP21: Climate insurgency after Paris
Report from Common Dreams
"The governments of the world may rule the world but they don’t own the world." In this analysis, Jeremy Brecher reflects...
Asian scholars crafting a non-adversarial approach to journalism
Report from Pacific Media Centre
"Mindful journalism" practice in the West tries to be secular and is practised without having any religious values. Moral wisdom...
Kiribati’s sacred sites storyteller – ‘I don’t hold the answer of...
Report from National Geographic
By Janice Cantieri in Tarawa
“If, one day, the waves take away these sacred places and they’re gone, we will keep on...
New Japanese bill stirs anxiety in the Pacific
Archive: First published on Aug 27, 2015
By Niklas Brandt Pedersen
A new bill due to be passed by the Diet could counteract the longstanding Japanese...
Evening Report’s Selwyn Manning talks to David Robie on Rainbow Warrior
A rich account of the events surrounding the Rainbow Warrior affair three decades ago.
Interview: With Dr David Robie
Interviewer: Selwyn Manning
Date: July 8, 2015
Subject: 30...
Vakatawa approached by Les Bleus coach for Six Nations
Report from Fiji Village
By Semi Turaga
Fiji-born French 7s player Virimi Vakatawa has been approached by new French fifteens team coach Guy Noves to play...
MIDA’s Raj warns Fiji media not to promote ‘discord’
Report by Pacific Media Watch in Suva
Fiji's Media Industry Development Authority says media organisations should not publish or broadcast material in a form likely...