Vanuatu switches to recovery mode after Donna — Ella now stronger
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
Cyclone Donna has moved on from Vanuatu towards New Caledonia and is now weakening.
And Cyclone Ella is gathering strength...
Destruction and construction – Tukuraki’s lonely story of survival
Tukuraki after the landslide ... video by Julie Cleaver.
In January 2012, a small Fijian village on Viti Levu was almost wiped off the map...
Cyclone Donna leaves northern Vanuatu, heads for New Caledonia
Cyclone Donna has left destruction in its wake in Vanuatu's north and is now tracking towards New Caledonia.
Authorities have issued a level one alert...
Images: Papuan street art, freedom seminar pose challenge at Jakarta’s WPFD2017
Photographs by David Robie and Bernard Agapa in Jakarta
The World Press Freedom Day organisers, UNESCO and the Indonesian Press Council, marginalised the highly sensitive...
Rave hospitality, but Indonesia fails West Papua with media freedom hypocrisy
Al Jazeera's coverage by Step Vaessen of the Papuan protest at WPFD2017 in Jakarta.
By David Robie in Jakarta | Audio report from the PMC's...
NZME, Fairfax merger declined over ‘risk of causing harm’ to NZ...
By Pacific Media Watch editor Kendall Hutt
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has denied a move which would have seen two of the country’s largest media...
Indonesia is ‘double-dealing’ on media freedom, says RSF
Reporters Without Borders has condemned what it calls Indonesia's "double-dealing" as the nation hosts World Press Freedom Day while it continues to harass independent...
Calls for safety of Indonesian, West Papuan journalists to be prioritised
Independent journalists, human rights defenders and freedom organisations in Timor-Leste have appealed for international bodies to ensure the safety of Indonesian journalists.
With World...
Asia-Pacific holds many ‘worst records’ in media freedom report, says RSF
Media freedom is under threat now more than ever - and many of the worst violators are in the Asia-Pacific region, says the Paris-based...
Academics warn NZME, Fairfax merger would ‘spell disaster’ for NZ media
By Mackenzie Smith in Auckland
Academics have warned a merger of NZME and Fairfax will spell disaster for the media ecosystem at a conference on...
Village relocation provides new hope for Fiji’s devastated Tukuraki
By Julie Cleaver and Kendall Hutt in Tukuraki, Fiji
After six years in limbo, the villagers of Tukuraki in the Fiji highlands of Ba on...
Blogger stabbed to death in Maldives as CPJ issues media freedom...
Al Jazeera's Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports on one journalist's arrest and detention in Egypt. Video: Al Jazeera
Authorities in the Maldives should swiftly identify and bring...
Don’t forget social aspects when protecting environment, says cleric
By John I. Borja in Hagåtña, Guam
The social aspects of climate change must be considered in efforts to protect the environment, says Guam’s coadjutor...
Pacific student journalists passionate about reporting climate change
University of the South Pacific student journalists talk about climate change and their daily lives -- and the future. Video: Julie Cleaver/Kendall Hutt/PMC
By Julie...
Activists, media freedom advocates plan ‘global action’ for West Papua
Media freedom advocates and human rights activists are planning a "global action" for West Papua with demonstrations marking UNESCO world press freedom day events...
Post-coup Rabuka crackdown as seen from Fiji Times editor’s ‘hot seat’
REVIEW: By Shailendra Singh
A Fiji Diary: Reminiscences and Reflections of a Newsman is a selection of revised and updated writings by Vijendra Kumar, a...
Indonesian military threatens news site after generals coup plot story
Indonesia's military says it is reporting an online news site to the police after it wrote about an Intercept story alleging current and retired...
Climate change report will help countries cut emissions
Dr Morgan Wairiu speaking in a clip from the Asia Pacific Report interview. Video: PMC
Report by Kendall Hutt and video by Julie Cleaver in...
Barry Coates: PACER Plus – how the Pacific Way is being...
ANALYSIS: By Barry Coates
A new trade agreement has been concluded between some of the Pacific island nations and their richer neighbours -- Australia and...
‘We have to act now’ — Marshall Islanders blast Runit n-pollution
By Kendall Hutt in Suva
A group of Marshall Islanders is calling on the Pacific to stand with them in solidarity as they urge leaders...
PNG election writs issued but full polling schedule due next week
Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, founding "father" of Papua New Guinea, was given a traditional chieftain’s welcome -- and farewell -- from politics by...
Fiji youth must be ‘ambassadors for climate change fight’, says NGO...
Jenny Jiva, a Fiji student climate change activist, speaking in a Bearing Witness interview with PMC journalist TJ Aumua in Suva last year. Video:...




























































