MIL-Evening Report: Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 16 2018
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 16 2018 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings. Primary teachers’ strikeRNZ: Hipkins: Teachers’ pay demand ‘out of kilter’Dan Satherley (Newshub): Two years to solve teacher shortage – Education Minister Chris HipkinsTracy […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Dan McGarry: Fighting for media freedom and truth in the Pacific
When the host country Nauru banned the pool broadcaster, ABC, from the Pacific Islands summit set for next month, it was condemned widely for an attack on freedom on the media. Lee Duffield recently paid a visit to Dan McGarry, media director of the Vanuatu Daily Post, who took a lead, declaring his outlet would […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Ralph Regenvanu: Pacific regionalism, climate finance and women in politics
Tess Newton Cain talks to Ralph Regenvanu During a recent trip to Port Vila, Tess Newton Cain caught up with Ralph Regenvanu, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade in the Vanuatu government. Regenvanu describes himself as a Port Vila citizen. He has lived for most of his life in the capital of […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Mission accomplished: Why ‘blockade buster’ boats to Gaza still succeed
ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud, recently in New Zealand When Mike Treen, the national director of the Unite Union in New Zealand, arrived at the airport in Auckland earlier this month, a group of people were anxiously waiting for him at the terminal with Palestinian flags and flowers. They hugged him, chanted for Palestinian freedom and […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Reportage: PMC Seminar: Okinawa’s media response to US military presence
Source: Pacific Media Centre Analysis published with permission of PMC Event date and time: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 – 16:30 – 18:00 OKINAWA MEDIA AND THE MILITARYThe US military presence in Okinawa has been at the center of Okinawa’s politics, its relations with the central government in Tokyo and the US-Japan relations since 1945. The […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: PMC Seminar: Okinawa’s media response to US military presence
Source: Pacific Media Centre Analysis published with permission of PMC Event date and time: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 – 16:30 – 18:00 OKINAWA MEDIA AND THE MILITARYThe US military presence in Okinawa has been at the center of Okinawa’s politics, its relations with the central government in Tokyo and the US-Japan relations since 1945. The […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Dr Swee Ang: We can’t accept this – speak up against Israeli brutality
Dr Swee Ang’s “SOS” call broadcast from the Al Awda as the boat was being hijacked in international waters last week. (Poor quality audio – click on the “subtitles” icon). Video: Freedom Flotilla Coalition Dr Swee Ang, doctor on board Al Awda, reports on the events from July 29 when Israeli navy commandos stormed the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Reportage: ‘Blacklisted’ Australian researcher detained in Indonesian airport
Source: Dr David Robie – Café Pacific – Analysis-Reportage: Researcher Belinda Lopez … detained by Indonesian authorities in Bali’s Denpasar airport.Image: Belinda Lopez/FB From Pacific Media Watch AN Australian-based doctoral media researcher says she has been “blacklisted” by Indonesian authorities and refused entry to the country while embarking on a holiday in Bali. Belinda Lopez, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: ‘Blacklisted’ Australian researcher detained in Indonesian airport
Source: Dr David Robie – Café Pacific – Analysis-Reportage: Researcher Belinda Lopez … detained by Indonesian authorities in Bali’s Denpasar airport.Image: Belinda Lopez/FB From Pacific Media Watch AN Australian-based doctoral media researcher says she has been “blacklisted” by Indonesian authorities and refused entry to the country while embarking on a holiday in Bali. Belinda Lopez, […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is Working for Families contributing to poverty in New Zealand?
Political Roundup: Is Working for Families contributing to poverty in New Zealand? – Analysis by DrBryce Edwards. Dr Bryce Edwards. The people who are most concerned about poverty and inequality in this country are also usually highly supportive of Working for Families. But what if the Working for Families (WfF) scheme was actually part of the […]
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