Tag: Abuse
Gavin Ellis: Latter-day anarchists throw digital bombs at NZ journalists
ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis, publisher of Knightly Views
Every journalist that "outs" a conspiracy theorist or extremist paints a target on their own back.
The anti-truth...
Tūkākī reveals ‘horrific abuse’ he receives over NZ’s hotspot of racism
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Aotearoa New Zealand's chair of the Māori Council, Matthew Tūkākī, has revealed the degree of "horrific abuse" he has been facing...
Facing up to anti-mandate protesters at Parliament – the brutal reality
National Māori Authority chair Matthew Tukaki has seen plenty of protests and received his fair share of abuse, but what’s been happening in Wellington...
Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
It is common practice for journalists to share contact details and locations in hostile environments such as war zones. Something is...
What does ‘academic freedom’ mean in practice? Why the Siouxsie Wiles...
ANALYSIS: By Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury
Two high-profile University of Auckland academics raised important questions about academic freedom with their complaint to the Employment...
Northland principal faces ‘vindictive’ abuse for backing vaccine mandate
By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter
A Northland high school principal says she has been accused of being "complicit in mass genocide" by people opposed...
RNZ Saturday Morning: How will the Samoan constitutional crisis end?
RNZ Saturday Morning
Samoa found itself in a constitutional crisis this week when the caretaker Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) government locked the doors to...
Prosecuting gender violence culprits still a problem, Parkop tells women
By Janet Kari in Lae, PNG
Prosecution of perpetrators of gender-based violence around the country still remains a massive problem for Papua New Guinea, says...
World Press Freedom Day 2021: Hostility towards journalists on rise
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Journalists are fearful that increased harassment, abuse and violence directed towards them during the covid-19 pandemic could become the new normal,...