Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 election shows media regulation needs
By Denis Muller in Melbourne
Two big media-related issues have emerged from the federal election: how opinion polls are reported and the polarisation of the...
Death of Bougainvillean journalist Eric Tapakau stuns colleagues
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Former Post-Courier business editor Eric Tapakau died in Port Moresby over the weekend, where he was seeking medical treatment for a...
PNG opposition withdraws vote of no confidence against O’Neill
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's opposition says it is withdrawing its motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, but is likely to...
UN chief calls for immediate climate action to ‘save Pacific –...
COMMENTARY: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Vanuatu and other Pacific nations can teach a lesson to the world, says UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
“That lesson...
Will AI decide one day humans are messing up the world...
By Arnold Chanel in Suva
Countless fictional novels and Hollywood movies have time and time again provided glimpses of a scenario where Artificial Intelligence breaks...
Student journos form ‘biggest newsroom’ to cover election
By Michael Andrew
Journalism students across Australia collaborated in an immense project to cover the weekend's federal election.
Organised through The Junction, a website showcasing and...
Solomons PM under pressure to switch allegiance from Taiwan to China
By RNZ Pacific
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is coming under increasing pressure from his own MPs to switch the country's political allegiance from...
Morrison leads Coalition to ‘miracle’ win, but how do they govern...
By Marija Taflaga of the Australian National University in Canberra
The man that has “always believed in miracles” has just delivered one for the Liberal...
Fiji exposé website Newsroom wins three NZ journalism awards
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Journalists at Newsroom, the website that exposed environmental destruction by a Chinese property developer last month, have won three reporting and...
New ‘anti’ force shakes up New Caledonian political landscape
By Duke Menango in Noumea
The provincial elections last Sunday have shaken the political landscape in New Caledonia with an upheaval in the Southern province...
USP Council to investigate claims of abuse of office amid staff...
By Wansolwara staff in Port Vila
A separate independent investigation will be conducted into allegations of abuse of office at the University of the South...
Dear editor, why smartphones are ruining our nakamal storytelling
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A Vanuatu Daily Post newspaper reader has protested over Facebook addiction, describing it as ruining the lives of teenagers and youth...
PNG leadership rivals O’Neill, Marape both implicated in UBS loan saga
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Political fallout from a controversial loan taken on by Papua New Guinea's government five years ago could hinder rather...
Scott Waide: Why banning Facebook in PNG is a really bad...
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide
The reason why politicians in Papua New Guinea are afraid of Facebook is because it has done more in the last...
‘Fake news’ row over Robredo’s ‘step down’ promise on Philippine elections
By Pauline Macaraeg in Manila
Another "fake news" row has broken in the Philippines in the wake of the mid-term elections this week with Vice-President...
Staff, students demand transparency over USP ‘whistleblower’ allegations
By RNZ Pacific
Staff and students at the University of the South Pacific are demanding greater transparency from the university's administration.
They gathered yesterday to discuss...
Guterres praises Fiji over leadership in global battle against climate change
UN Webcast reports on the UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Fiji.
By RNZ Pacific
The UN Secretary General António Guterres has praised Fiji as a strong...
PNG politicians, journalists condemn O’Neill social media ‘crackdown’ plan
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Papua New Guinea Prime Minister’s call to “crack down” on social media has created immediate controversy, with politicians and journalists...
Accused West Papuan independence activists jailed for ‘rebellion’
By RNZ Pacific
Two West Papuans accused of "rebellion" have been sentenced to more than a year in an Indonesian prison.
Yakonias Womsiwor and Erichzon Mandobar...
PNG plans crack down on social media ‘fake news’ and ‘bad...
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Cabinet will review social media platforms in Papua New Guinea when it convenes on Thursday, says Prime Minister Peter...
Philippines opposition fails to rock Duterte’s Senate dominance
Rappler’s real-time video coverage of the the 2019 mid-term Philippine elections.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
All 12 spots open for election in the Philippines Senate have...
New Caledonia’s provincial elections sharpen independence political divide
By Walter Zweifel for RNZ Dateline Pacific
New Caledonia's anti-independence parties have retained their slim majority in the 54-member Congress made up of members from...
































































