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Pacific Media Centre
Pacific Media Centre
An independent research and publication centre specialising in Asia-Pacific current affairs. The Pacific Media Centre | Te Amokura in AUT University's School of Communication Studies publishes PMC Online, Pacific Journalism Review, Pacific Journalism Monographs, Pacific Media Watch and Asia Pacific Report in partnership with Scoop Media. Director Professor David Robie also publishes the media blog Cafe Pacific.
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Fresh Hopes That Bainimarama Will Ease Restrictions on Media
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 2:14 pm | Pacific Media Centre
Voreqe Bainimarama took power in Fiji through a coup d'etat in 2006 but is now the elected prime minister. Image: Republika More >>
Panel: Fiji’s Return to Democracy
Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 4:48 pm | Pacific Media Centre
Fiji’s post-coup elections and their impact in the Pacific o What is the role of the media in the Elections? o How might New Zealand help Fiji on its return to democracy? More >>
'Real' American occupation of Hawai'i exposed by doco
Sunday, 27 April 2014, 11:14 am | Pacific Media Centre
The real Hawai'i is one where evictions, desecration of cultural sites and sacred graves, and collusion between the academy and the United States military are the order of the day, says an indigenous Hawai'ian activist and filmmaker. More >>
PMC director launches new Pacific 'secret stories' book
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 3:48 pm | Pacific Media Centre
Founder of the Pacific Media Centre, Professor David Robie, will have his latest book launched at the Auckland University of Technology library next week. The book, Don't Spoil My Beautiful Face - Media, Mayhem and Human Rights in the Pacific, published ... More >>
West Papua: Indonesian military escorts for MSG
Thursday, 16 January 2014, 10:17 am | Pacific Media Centre
WEST PAPUA: Indonesian military escorts for MSG, arrests curb free expression of civil society leaders More >>
Freedom Flotilla needs media support to 'expose' Indonesians
Saturday, 24 August 2013, 4:15 pm | Pacific Media Centre
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Aboriginal elder Kevin Buzzacott, who is on board the West Papua Freedom Flotilla, says media attention is “very important” in order to “expose what’s happening” in West Papua. More >>
PNG: New Law Looks to Expand Rural Radio
Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 2:57 pm | Pacific Media Centre
PORT MORESBY ( Pacific Media Watch / The National ): Rural communities in Papua New Guinea can look forward to improved communication services. More >>
NZ: New models of funding needed - investigative journalists
Friday, 24 May 2013, 11:53 am | Pacific Media Centre
Nicky Hager, author of The Hollow Men and Other People’s Wars, says there is not enough support for investigative journalists in countries like New Zealand. “I hope that one day there will be a return to serious public funding for investigative ... More >>
Papua: Journalist Seeks NZ Support Amid Indonesian Crackdown
Monday, 13 May 2013, 12:49 pm | Pacific Media Centre
AUCKLAND ( Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch ): A prominent West Papuan journalist and activist has visited New Zealand to gather support for West Papua’s inclusion in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) while an Indonesian government ... More >>
Vanuatu: Outrage Over Heavy-Handed Crackdown On Social Media
Friday, 10 May 2013, 2:45 pm | Pacific Media Centre
OPINION: PORT VILA ( Transparency Vanuatu / Daily Post / Pacific Media Watch ): Daily Post readers were shocked this week to see a front page news report that a senior Vanuatu journalist, Gratien Tiona of The Vanuatu Independent , had been ... More >>
Pacific Region: ‘Murdered For Doing Their Jobs’
Friday, 10 May 2013, 2:43 pm | Pacific Media Centre
AUCKLAND ( Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch ): Across the Pacific, advocates of media freedom hosted many World Press Freedom Day celebrations this year. More >>
NZ: 'Media Freedom Worrier' Stirs Lively Response
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 2:10 pm | Pacific Media Centre
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/nz-media-freedom-worrier-stirs-lively-responses-press-threats-speech-8281 More >>
West Papua: Police Arrest Reporter Over Broadcast Allegation
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 1:50 pm | Pacific Media Centre
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/west-papua-police-arrest-radio-reporter-over-broadcast-allegations-8280 More >>
Coups, Conflicts and Human Rights - David Robie On Media
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 1:45 pm | Pacific Media Centre
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/video-coups-conflicts-and-human-rights-david-robie-media-trends-8279 More >>
Pacific Media Centre hosts World Press Freedom Day
Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 12:57 pm | Pacific Media Centre
A leading Australian journalism law professor and freedom of the press advocate will give New Zealand’s inaugural UNESCO World Press Freedom Day lecture at AUT University on Friday. More >>
WEST PAPUA: Harsh Indonesian rule of political prisoners
Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 12:39 pm | Pacific Media Centre
A new website focused on West Papuan political prisoners primarily targets an international audience, says human rights advocate Paul Membrasar. He is secretary of the Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy of Papua (ElsHAM Papua) and is one of the founders ... More >>
Live blog: Warm welcome for Pacific political leaders forum
Friday, 19 April 2013, 9:37 am | Pacific Media Centre
Almost 70 MPs from 18 Pacific nations have arrived in Wellington tonight for the Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum. More >>
Live blog: Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 8:54 pm | Pacific Media Centre
Thursday 09:00: Almost 70 MPs from 18 Pacific nations have arrived in Wellington. The Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum - organised by the New Zealand Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee - will provide Pacific leaders ... More >>
NZ: PMC students honoured at AUT awards ceremony
Friday, 12 April 2013, 12:45 pm | Pacific Media Centre
Four students from the Pacific Media Centre won prizes when AUT University's School of Communication Studies hosted its annual awards ceremony at the brand new Sir Paul Reeves Building in Auckland last night. More >>
Fiji critics talk of ‘constitutional coup’ by Bainimarama
Monday, 8 April 2013, 10:08 am | Pacific Media Centre
Fijians are weighing up a controversial new draft constitution aimed at restoring democracy in the South Pacific nation for next year. But there are concerns that the document could be used by the current military ruler Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama ... More >>
