Ramzy Baroud: Can Christchurch heal our collective wounds?
OPINION: By Ramzy Baroud
I visited the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that...
Fiji police detain 3 NZ journalists investigating Chinese developer
By RNZ News
Three New Zealand journalists were detained by Fijian police in Suva last night after trying to interview a controversial Chinese resort developer.
Newsroom...
Cuba boosting ‘Pacific connection’ in defiance of US blockade
By Michael Andrew
Cuba will develop relationships with Pacific countries despite pressure from the United States, says a visiting advocate.
On a tour of New Zealand,...
Campaign ‘blackout’ in force ahead of Solomon Islands election
By RNZ Pacific
With less than 24 hours to go before polling booths open for the Solomon Islands election tomorrow, RNZ Pacific's reporter in Honiara,...
Facebook strips fake account network of Duterte social media manager
By Gelo Gonzales in Manila
Facebook has taken down 200 pages and accounts organised by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s social media manager in his 2016...
Former PM Morauta accuses Australia of ‘whitewashing’ PNG poll rigging
By Keith Jackson
Former Papua New Guinea prime minister Sir Mekere Morauta has strongly criticised “foreign governments and organisations”, singling out Australia, for their assessments...
‘I still have trust in Indonesian military,’ Jokowi tells Prabowo
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has shrugged off a concern expressed by challenger Prabowo Subianto, who questioned the capability of the...
Mediawatch NZ: Reporting Islam before and after 15/3
Al Noor Mosque imam Gamal Fouda speaking to Christchurch, New Zealand, and the watching world. He says despite the terrorist's intentions, New Zealand remains...
Mosque atrocity remembrance service calls for ‘love, solidarity’ to continue
Fifty Kowhai Intermediate School children sing the waiata at the remembrance service in Eden Park rugby stadium in Auckland today. Video: Del Abcede/PMC
By Amy...
Rappler editor Maria Ressa arrested in Manila over anti-dummy law
Maria Ressa goes with arresting Pasig police officers to post bail. Video: Rappler
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Rappler CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa was arrested...
Pacific value of ‘one family’ lost on Indonesian government
A West Papuan academic's response to the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister’s opinion article in The Jakarta Post.
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
Lst Thursday, The Jakarta Post...
The wanted man, the CIA, the Russians and a Tongan king’s...
Julian Pettifer introduces his 1979 BBC series Diamonds in the Sky. Video: Julian Pettifer
ANALYSIS: By Dr Philip Cass
There was an American entrepreneur who...
‘Misconceived hatred’ gives way to Muslim voices finally being heard
By Jeremy Rose of RNZ Mediawatch
In 2017, the New Zealand media featured 14,349 stories that included the word Islam - nearly 13,000 of those...
Christchurch terror in context: Media as accessory to the crime?
Listening Post's report on Islamophobia in the Western media. Video: Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
It has now been almost two weeks since 50 people...
Violence in Papua must end before talks, says NZ Foreign Minister
By RNZ Pacific
New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, has called for an end to violence in Indonesia's Papua province.
Peters was responding to a letter...
Black Sheep: NZ’s story of white supremacy
COMMENTARY: By William Ray
Since the mosque attacks in Christchurch earlier this month, many people have called for New Zealand to examine its history of...
Gallery: Children head NZ’s ‘love not hate’ rally in central Auckland
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Pacific Media Centre's Del Abcede was on the ground for last Sunday's "love not hate" rally with about 2000 people marching...
Drug problem in Philippines has ‘worsened’, admits Duterte
By Nestor Corrales in Manila
Despite the Philippine government’s brutal war on drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that the drug problem in the country...
RSF condemns China’s ‘global press freedom threat’ in new report
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
In a report titled China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order, the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has...
NZ Royal Commission to probe security agencies, says Ardern
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand will hold a Royal Commission of Inquiry into security agencies following the Christchurch...
How Christchurch mosque assault has made a mark on NZ media
By Colin Peacock, editor of Mediawatch NZ
The attack in Christchurch has forced New Zealand news media to rethink the way they work, whose voices...
Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack
ANALYSIS: By Dr Paul G Buchanan
The terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques this month is a watershed moment in New Zealand history.
In the days,...


































































