Tag: Radio
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...
95bFM, VICE media team up to offer ‘authentic, credible’ NZ news...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
New Zealand broadcaster 95bFM and youth media company VICE have today announced a new content partnership that will see the two...
More women in Solomon Islands politics — how it needs to...
In this University of the South Pacific's student journalist documentary broadcast on Radio Pasifik, Wansolwara’s Elizabeth Osifelo investigates the issue of women participating in...
PMW editor talks of concerns over martial law in southern Philippines
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Media Watch's Kendall Hutt spoke with 95bFM's The Wire host Tess Barnett today about martial law in the southern island...
Chasing media freedom story ‘opened passion’ for new PMW editor
Award-winning Auckland University of Technology graduate journalist Kendall Hutt has been appointed contributing editor for the Pacific Media Watch freedom project for 2017.
Hutt says...
PNG’s radio talkback broadcasting legend Roger Hau’ofa dies
Tributes to the late Roger Hau’ofa have flowed in from all over Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. FM100 aired aired a special talkback...
RNZI remains ‘essential voice of the Pacific’, says broadcaster
Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) continues to serve people across the Pacific region, delivering essential day to day news and information and providing a...
RNZ features student docos on love, health, tapu and Pacific reflections
By Laura Williams
Exploring what it’s like to look for love as a 40-something-year-old woman, a grandfather recovering from a stroke, a Pacific grandmother's recollections,...
Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters
By Dr Alexandra Wake in Melbourne
As a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kirakira in the Solomon Islands early today, triggering a...
NZ media research shows increasing generation gap with consumer habits
New research shows more 15 to 34-year-olds in New Zealand are streaming online video than watching traditional television. As a result, access to new...
Indonesian broadcast commission candidates say ‘no’ to LGBT presence on TV
By Nurul Fitri Ramadhani in Jakarta
As the House of Representatives screens 27 candidates for leadership positions at the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI), it remains...
Radio 95bFM features PNG student unrest calling for PM to resign
The alternative New Zealand radio station 95bFM, based at the University of Auckland, today featured Papua New Guinea's student unrest in a live interview.
Andrew...
Vanuatu PM wants public broadcaster to have nationwide coverage
By Thompson Marango in Port Vila
Prime Minister Charlot Salwai, who is also minister responsible for media, said it is important for Vanuatu's national broadcaster...
Indonesian broadcasting body finds rampant violations by TV stations
The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has identified rampant violations by broadcasting companies, particularly television stations, of laws that govern the content they air to...
