Tag: Australia

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Three crew members of an unnamed foreign ship intercepted by a Papua New Guinea Navy vessel near Kavieng, New...

By Philip Cass in Auckland “Tonga does not interfere in other nations’ own affairs.” That was the carefully measured response from Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa to the...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter Warning: This story includes details of the 15 March 2019 mosque terrorism attacks. New Zealand's High Court will hear from...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Facebook to restore an article that was censored for violating its rules on nudity...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A combined investigation team seized more than K200 million ($80 million) worth of cocaine in the biggest drug heist in the...

By RNZ News Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Behrouz Boochani has been given refugee status in New Zealand. Boochani has been in New Zealand since...

COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Wake in Melbourne How disappointing to read another opinion piece in Australian papers repeating time-old arguments that fail to acknowledge the excellent...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealand's "intransigence" over wanting to allow Australians in before New Zealanders out to the covid-free Pacific does not stand up...

Pacific Media Centre PNG Defence Force soldiers are undergoing mass testing for covid-19 while there is controlled access into Murray Barracks to reduce further possible...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Papua New Guinea government has announced a ninth covid-19 case in the country, and this has since been confirmed by...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says while Australia and New Zealand work out their Trans-Tasman bubble, Fiji’s equal greater success against the...

By RNZ News The leaders of New Zealand and Australia have agreed to ease travel restrictions between the two countries as soon as it is...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Desperate times call for desperate measures and so it is with journalism schools throughout the Pacific...

COMMENT: By Dr Alexandra Wake No democracy is complete without access to transparent and reliable information. It is the cornerstone for building fair and impartial...

The Bentley Effect ... "inspiring celebration of the power of community". Video: The Bentley Effect Movie By Kendall Hutt in Auckland In 2010, gas exploration in...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland Black-and-white photographs are aiming to start a conversation and dispel myths around former refugees and asylum seekers in New Zealand....