Tag: Investigative journalism
Tribute to a NZ media mentor: ‘How Yasmine Ryan taught me...
Yasmine Ryan, an award-winning New Zealand journalist who died tragically on Thursday, was the first Western journalist to begin writing about the beginning of...
No Philippine law tackles ‘Paradise Papers’ 200 offshore accounts
ANALYSIS: By Malou Mangahas and Karol Ilagan in Manila
What do some bankers and fund managers, a few senior government officials, a dozen top taxpayers,...
Naashon Zalk: Why are New Zealand’s waters so polluted?
Al Jazeera's People & Power programme investigates disturbing claims that New Zealand’s rivers and lakes are among the most polluted in the developed world....
Investigative journalism – from the NZ wars to Pike River
BOOKS: By Jeremy Rose of RNZ Mediawatch
It's often been said there are just seven stories in all of literature. If a new collection of a 150...
Author Nicky Hager reveals behind the scenes of Hit & Run...
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Investigative journalist and author Nicky Hager has taken journalism students inside the process behind the controversial book Hit & Run,...
Australian Centre for Independent Journalism closes after 25 years
The Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, one of the flagships of investigative journalism, has been closed after 25 years in a controversial decision by...
Hit & Run review – a painstaking and dangerous book challenge
REVIEW: By Dr Wayne Hope
It can’t have been easy for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and their political leaders to deny the results...
‘Nothing stopping investigative journalism,’ claims Khaiyum
Communications Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum claims there is "absolutely nothing" stopping investigative journalism in Fiji, the major television network reports,
Media freedom – especially for critical...
SAS soldier backs up Afghan raid claims – Herald calls for...
A NZ Special Air Service soldier has confirmed civilians were killed in a 2010 raid carried out by the unit and says the truth...
Authors of new book call for full inquiry into SAS ‘betrayal’...
Radio NZ video news feed of the Hager and Stephenson media conference last night. YouTube
Author and investigative journalist Nicky Hager and war correspondent Jon...
West Papua Media on innovative digital security and safety project
An example of a documentary video made by a partner group of West Papua Media, AwasMIFEE. Since joining Indonesia officially in 1969, there were...
Phillip Knightley: The supreme investigative journo and storyteller
OBITUARY: By Richard Lance Keeble
Phillip Knightley, the investigative reporter who has died aged 87, was a wonderful storyteller. Once he told my students at...
Call made for ‘urgent international support’ for East Timorese journalists
An online petition to drop the defamation case against two East Timorese journalist’s is calling for urgent international support, stating that the prosecution of...
Hager calls for more ‘inclusion, transparency’ by ministries
By John Gibb of the Otago Daily Times
Some New Zealand government ministries risk being damaged in the long term by their refusal, at times,...
Asia-Pacific climate change reporting skills need boost but media ‘lacking resources’
By TJ Aumua
Media experts say journalism institutions lack the resources needed to raise the quality and awareness of environmental reportage in the Asia-Pacific region.
Widely...
Panama Papers: The ‘shell company corporate titan’ with a Vanuatu link
In her passport, Nesita Manceau lists her occupation as “housewife.” But she does oh-so-much more. On paper at least, she’s a corporate titan. And...
Panama Papers tax haven leak blow to NZ ‘corruption-free’ image, says...
Transparency International New Zealand has been warning the government about weaknesses in corporate ownership and trust legislation for more than 15 years, says the...
Panama Papers: China censors allegations, but Russian media note contents
A trailer for the Panama Papers global investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists into the sprawling, secretive industry of offshore that the...
Four Corners: The Panama Papers – secrets of the super rich
By Marian Wilkinson and Ali Russell
It's the shadowy world of secret international finance and tax avoidance.
"What we're looking at here is really a parallel...
ABC Four Corners crew avoid charges over Malaysian PM incident
The ABC Four Corners news team in Malaysia have been told they will not be charged over an incident with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib...
ABC Four Corners crew arrested over reporting Malaysian corruption allegations
An ABC Four Corners investigative programme crew has been detained by Malaysian police after trying to question Prime Minister Najib Razak over a corruption...
‘Untouchable’ teen journalist challenges corruption at Indian rural schools
By Gregory Walsh
Nineteen-year-old Mukesh was born into a marginalised community in an impoverished region of rural India. Now he documents corruption in his region's...