Fiji media’s Stan Simpson blasts ‘hypocrites’ in social media clash...
Pacific Media Watch
Barely hours after being guest speaker at the University of the South Pacific's annual World Press Freedom Day event this week, Fiji...
NZ Māori Council, PSNA appeal for urgent action over Gaza starvation
Asia Pacific Report
The New Zealand Māori Council and Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa made a high profile appeal to Foreign Minister Winston Peters over Gaza...
New Caledonia’s political talks – no outcome after three days of...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk
After three solid days of talks in retreat mode, New Caledonia's political parties have yet to...
Financial Times: The West’s shameful silence on Gaza – do...
EDITORIAL: The Financial Times editorial board
After 19 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and drawn accusations of war crimes...
‘Under no illusions’ about France, says author of new Rainbow Warrior...
Pacific Media Watch
The author of the book Eyes of Fire, one of the countless publications on the Rainbow Warrior bombing almost 40 years ago...
Samoa down in RSF media freedom world ranking due to ‘authoritarian...
Talamua Online News
Samoa has dropped in its media and information freedom world ranking from 22 in 2024 to 44 in 2025 in the latest...
Indonesian postcard image ‘dangerous’ but Fiji a rising star in RSF...
Pacific Media Watch
To mark the release of the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) partnered with the agency The Good Company...
Cook Islands environment group calls on govt to condemn Trump’s seabed...
By Losirene Lacanivalu, of the Cook Islands News
A leading Cook Islands environmental lobby group is hoping that the Cook Islands government will speak out...
Fiji media welcomes credible news services, but not ‘pop-up propagandists’, says...
By Anish Chand
Entities and individuals that thrived under the previous government with public relations contracts now want to be part of the media or...
Viral video shows Fiji prison chief throwing punches at Suva bar
RNZ Pacific
The head of Fiji's prison service has been caught on camera involved in a fist fight that appears to have taken place at...
In its soul-searching, Australia’s rightist coalition should examine its relationship with...
ANALYSIS: By Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University and Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne
Among the many lessons to be learnt by Australia's defeated Liberal-National coalition...
PINA on World Press Freedom Day – facing new and complex...
By Kalafi Moala in Nuku'alofa
On this World Press Freedom Day, we in the Pacific stand together to defend and promote the right to freedom...
Pacific ‘story sovereignty’ top of mind on World Press Freedom Day
By Michelle Curran of Pasifika TV
World Press Freedom Day is a poignant reminder that journalists and media workers are essential for a healthy, functioning...
Gaza-bound aid ship attacked by ‘Israeli piracy’ in talks with Malta
Pacific Media Watch
An international NGO seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea says it has been in talks with Malta’s government about...
Trump’s push on deep sea mining leaves Nauru’s commercial ambitions ‘out...
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Nauru's ambition to commercially mine the seabed is likely at risk following President Donald Trump's executive order last...
New deal for journalism – RSF’s 11 steps to ‘reconstruct’ global...
Australia (ranked 29th) and New Zealand (ranked 16th) are cited as positive examples by Reporters Without Borders in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index...
‘Dead weight comes to mind’ when thinking about Gazan parents and...
World Media Freedom Day reflections of a protester
Yesterday, World Media Freedom Day, we marched to Television New Zealand in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland to deliver...
Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted
By Anish Chand in Suva
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has paid tribute to all those working the media industry in his message to mark...
Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza
Asia Pacific Report
About 1000 pro-Palestinian protesters marked World Press Freedom Day -- May 3 -- today by marching on the public broadcaster Television New...
Human rights group calls for probe into attack on Freedom Flotilla...
Asia Pacific Report
A human rights agency has called for an investigation into the drone attacks on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla aid ship Conscience with...