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Jakarta’s Pacific neglect highlights NZ media problem
Wednesday, 21 March 2018, 5:04 pm | Pacific Media Watch
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/indonesia-jakarta-s-pacific-neglect-highlights-nz-media-problem-10114 More >>
PMC projects lure documentary makers
Saturday, 17 March 2018, 2:51 pm | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Centre/Pacific Media Watch): Pacific Media Centre project students and interns announced for the year... More >>
NZ: Gender and diversity research at AUT turns 10
Sunday, 4 March 2018, 7:25 pm | Pacific Media Watch
NZ: Gender and diversity research at AUT turns 10 http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/nz-gender-and-diversity-research-aut-turns-10-10098 More >>
Foreign Minister questions China's influence in the Pacific
Sunday, 4 March 2018, 2:41 pm | Pacific Media Watch
REGION: NZ Foreign Minister questions China's influence in the Pacific http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/region-nz-foreign-minister-questions-chinas-influence-pacific-10097 More >>
Jailed Kamran Yousuf not ‘real journalist’, say India
Sunday, 18 February 2018, 4:01 pm | Pacific Media Watch
REGION: Jailed photographer Kamran Yousuf not ‘real journalist’, says India http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/region-jailed-photographer-kamran-yousuf-not-real-journalist-says-india-10089 More >>
PNG: Media Council blames 'primitive thinking' for bullying
Sunday, 18 February 2018, 3:59 pm | Pacific Media Watch
PNG: Media Council blames 'primitive thinking' for bullying of journalists http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/png-media-council-blames-primitive-thinking-bullying-journalists-10088 More >>
Vanuatu Daily Post plea for action on Pacific media freedom
Friday, 16 February 2018, 1:51 pm | Pacific Media Watch
REGION: Vanuatu Daily Post plea for action over Pacific media freedom http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/region-vanuatu-daily-post-plea-action-over-pacific-media-freedom-10085 More >>
Tropical Cyclone Gita leaves trail of destruction in Tonga
Tuesday, 13 February 2018, 12:10 pm | Pacific Media Watch
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita has left a trail of destruction after hitting Tonga with 200 kph plus winds during the night. More >>
FIJI: Police question Islands Business magazine trio
Monday, 12 February 2018, 1:52 pm | Pacific Media Watch
FIJI: Police question then release Islands Business magazine trio over court report http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/fiji-police-question-then-release-islands-business-magazine-trio-over-court-repo More >>
PNG: Al Jazeera screens The Opposition
Monday, 12 February 2018, 9:42 am | Pacific Media Watch
PORT MORESBY ( Al Jazeera/Pacific Media Watch ): In Papua New Guinea , community leader Joe Moses struggles to save the 3000 inhabitants of Port Moresby’s Paga Hill settlement before they are forcibly evicted from their homes in this documentary ... More >>
FIJI: Islands Business journalist grilled over story
Sunday, 11 February 2018, 6:30 pm | Pacific Media Watch
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/fiji-islands-business-ex-publisher-director-journalist-grilled-over-story-10079 More >>
PHILIPPINES: RSF condemns new threats to outspoken media
Thursday, 8 February 2018, 7:46 pm | Pacific Media Watch
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/philippines-rsf-condemns-new-threats-outspoken-media-outlets-10077 Thursday, February 8, 2018 More >>
'Tenacious' crusading journalist and editor Pat Booth dies
Thursday, 1 February 2018, 11:11 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND ( New Zealand Herald/Pacific Media Watch ): Crusading newspaperman Pat Booth was driven by the belief that the world needs more giraffes - people prepared to stick their necks out. More >>
Indonesia prone to cyber attacks up to the year 2025
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 11:15 am | Pacific Media Watch
JAKARTA ( Asia Pacific Report/Tempo/Pacific Media Watch ): Indonesia is predicted to be prone to cyber attacks from this year until 2025, says a media communication and technology consultant. More >>
‘Recolonising’ the Pacific would stir security backlash
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 11:11 am | Pacific Media Watch
ANALYSIS: By Michael Powles with Anna Powles WELLINGTON ( Asia Pacific Report/Dominion Post/Pacific Media Watch ): Australia’s recent Foreign Policy White Paper says that Australia’s approach in the region will focus on “helping to integrate Pacific ... More >>
UN critics join outrage at Duterte’s media attack on Rappler
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 11:01 am | Pacific Media Watch
Three United Nations special rapporteurs have added their voice to the global protests this week over the President Rodrigo Durterte government bureaucracy’s attack on the independent online news website Rappler and a free press in the Philippines. More >>
Coups, globalisation and Fiji’s reset of ‘democracy'
Monday, 29 January 2018, 4:40 pm | Pacific Media Watch
When Commodore (now rear admiral retired and an elected prime minister) Voreqe Bainimarama staged Fiji’s fourth “coup to end all coups” on 5 December 2006, it was widely misunderstood, misinterpreted and misrepresented by a legion of politicians, foreign ... More >>
Fiji Times launches digital news media app
Saturday, 6 January 2018, 12:22 pm | Pacific Media Watch
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/fiji-fiji-times-launches-digital-news-media-app-10061 More >>
3 years after Charlie tragedy journalists face death
Saturday, 6 January 2018, 12:20 pm | Pacific Media Watch
GLOBAL: 3 years after Charlie tragedy, 'blaspheming' journalists face death http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/global-3-years-after-charlie-tragedy-blaspheming-journalists-face-death-10062 More >>
Singapore bans film featuring Palestinian teen
Friday, 5 January 2018, 1:02 pm | Pacific Media Watch
VIDEO: Singapore bans film featuring Palestinian teen arrested over 'slap' http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/video-singapore-bans-film-featuring-palestinian-teen-arrested-over-slap-10060 More >>