Camille Nakhid: Covid-19, community prejudice and humanity in NZ
COMMENT: By Camille Nakhid
How racially prejudiced is Aotearoa New Zealand? Well, we saw just how racially prejudiced it is a weekend ago when a...
Youth MP speaks out against ‘unfair’ Pacific criteria in NZ education...
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Centre
A New Zealand youth MP Shaneel Lal is speaking out against education policies that exclude some Pacific Island...
NZ designates Christchurch mosque shooter as a terrorist entity
By RNZ News
The Christchurch mosque shooter has been designated as a "terrorist entity" by the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
The designation under New...
Catholic group calls on Marape to repeal ‘martial law’ Pandemic Act
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Catholic professionals group has filed an application in Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court to intervene in last month's challenge on...
Virtual ministerial fisheries meeting voices concerns over ‘state of Pacific’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A new look Regional Fisheries Ministers (RFMM) group met for the first time virtually last week to discuss the state of...
Police minister Kramer slams officers charging ‘illegal’ face mask spot fines
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
It is illegal for any Papua New Guinean police officer to demand spot fines from people not wearing face...
Tahiti unions threaten general strike if covid-19 rules not tightened
By RNZ Pacific
French Polynesian unions say they will hold a general strike this Thursday unless covid-19 measures are tightened.
Five unions jointly issued the warning...
PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ’s covid cases can be managed at...
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand alert level system is designed to work when there are active cases at lower...
Challenges of an interpreter at the Christchurch terrorist sentencing
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
In the middle of the convicted mosque attack terrorist’s sentencing in New Zealand's High Court at Christchurch last week was language...
Global race to produce covid vaccines must ensure poor not left...
ANALYSIS: By Crispin Maslog
A mad race to produce a vaccine against covid-19 has begun with the world’s superpowers leading the pack. At stake are...
Bryan Bruce: A private school own goal and policy betrayal by...
COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce
Let me start by putting my education cards on the table. I think public money should fund public schools. If you...
Noumea-based NZ consul to French Pacific Bruce Shepherd dies
By RNZ Pacific
The New Zealand Consul-General to the French Pacific, Bruce Shepherd, has died.
According to Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes website, Shepherd died of a heart...
PNG and French Polynesia covid spikes continue to grow sharply
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk
Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia have reported sharply rising Pacific statistics in the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
National Pandemic Response Controller David...
Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning
Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre.
At what point in time does an atrocity...
Cook Islands News appoints new editor and senior editorial team
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Cook Islands News has appointed senior journalist Rashneel Kumar to lead the paper through a challenging time for the country and...
No guarantee mosque mass killer would serve full jail term in...
By RNZ News
Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre.
An Auckland University law professor says there is a risk...
PNG arrested ‘black ship’ believed to be linked to K1.47bn cocaine...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinean and Australian police have linked the “black ship” intercepted by the PNG Navy north of Kavieng,...
NZ mosque terrorism hero: ‘We achieved what we wanted’
By RNZ News
Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre.
A man who confronted a terrorist on the day of...
Andreas Harsono: Indonesia’s harmful restrictions on foreign journalists, academics
ANALYSIS: By Andreas Harsono in Jakarta
Kate Walton wanted to cook klepon and she tweeted it – showing a bag of flour, pandan, coconut etc....
When life means life: why the NZ court had to deliver...
The attacker behind New Zealand's worst mass shooting has been sentenced to life in prison, without the chance of parole. Video: Wayne Hay, Al...
Christchurch mosque attacks: ‘Inhuman’ terrorist jailed for life without parole
By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter in Christchurch
Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre.
The man who carried out...
Drop Western ‘mental maps’ for Asian new order, says Mahbubani
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Singaporean philosopher, former diplomat and academic Professor Kishore Mahbubani has warned the world is entering a global “Asian new order” and...































































