Tag: Pacific media

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's only daily newspaper, Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes, has folded after the commercial court accepted the publishing company's request for its liquidation. The court...

The Sunday Bulletin Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape says it is very disappointing that foreign-owned media in the country continue to run “fake...

By Geraldine Panapasa, editor-in-chief of Wansolwara News Media partnerships are an important part of the region’s journey and narrative as a Pacific family, says Vanuatu’s...

By Annika Burgess of ABC Pacific Beat The Solomon Islands government has ordered the country's national broadcaster to self-censor its news and other paid programmes...

ANALYSIS: The restrictions on Pacific news media during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent Pacific trip are only the most recent example of a...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a media blackout imposed on events during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s 10-day tour of...

By Lucile Guichet-Tirao in Pape'ete La Dépêche de Tahiti, the oldest and last major daily newspaper in French Polynesia, has finally closed after publishing for...

Pacific Media Network News National Pacific Radio Trust has won a year's funding from NZ On Air’s Public Interest Journalism Fund to enhance its reporting...

RNZ Mediawatch The first tranche of the New Zealand government’s $55 million Public Interest Journalism Fund has been allocated - against a backdrop of criticism...

RNZ Pacific Susana Lei'ataua has been appointed news editor of RNZ Pacific. She will join RNZ Pacific officially in August and brings a wealth of experience,...

The Pacific Newsroom Auckland University of Technology has responded to queries from a media aid watchdog about the future of the regional Pacific Media Centre...

Auckland University of Technology has denied claims that the Pacific Media Centre is being dumped or sidelined. The centre's recently retired director Professor David Robie...

By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist More than 22,000 Pacific people have tested for covid-19 in recent weeks, as the community in New Zealand...

Pacific Media Watch A reprieve for the newsagency Australian Associated Press (AAP) is featured today on Pacific Media Centre’s Southern Cross segment on Radio 95bFM. An...

By Jade Bradford in Perth News that Australian Associated Press has been saved is being welcomed by media outlets in socially and culturally complex Pacific...

By Apenisa Waqairadovu in Suva The covid-19 coronovirus pandemic is increasingly disrupting countless industries across the world with a growing global economic crisis. However, for the media...

By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch Pacific governments across the region have put side their differences with media and are working alongside them in...

By Bruce Lloyd in Guam Pacific Island Times Yap-based correspondent Joyce McClure won't be kicked off the island as "persona non grata" as demanded by...

Journalist Sri Krishnamurthi's media freedom video. Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The theme for the 26th celebration of the World Press Freedom Day this year is “Media...

Journalist Sri Krishnamurthi's video interview with Alistar Kata. Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Alistar Kata is uniquely placed to talk about diversity in New Zealand media newsrooms. Not...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An Auckland freelance journalist, Michael Andrew, who is completing his postgraduate journalism diploma at Auckland University of Technology, has been appointed...

By Wansolwara Staff Solomon Islands student journalists impressed at the annual University of the South Pacific media awards marking the 50th year of the Fiji-based...