NZ: 30 years on – honouring the 1987 nuclear-free law campaigners
MIL OSI Analysis – Recreating the human peace symbol at Auckland’s Domain at the weekend. Image: The Daily Blog Monday, June 12, 2017 Item: 9902 AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Centre/Pacific Media Watch): New Zealand quietly celebrated 30 years of its official status as a “nuclear-free” country over the past week, marking the time when […]
Read More →NZ: Fake news ‘unlikely’ to gain presence, says journalism panel
MIL OSI Analysis – New Zealand journalists and academics on fake news phenomenon … “Clickbait rather than substance are at the heart”. Image: Kendall Hutt/PMC Sunday, June 11, 2017 Item: 9901 By Kendall Hutt AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Seasoned journalists and academics have warned “fake news” could invade New Zealand’s media if journalists […]
Read More →REGION: Pacific leaders drive call for healthier oceans at UN Conference
MIL OSI Analysis – Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama … “place SDG 14 at the very top of the global agenda”. Image: The Ocean Conference Friday, June 9, 2017 Item: 9900 AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Political leaders from across the Pacific have played a central role in talks this week surrounding healthier oceans […]
Read More →REGION: Wansolwara student journos report on West Papua rights struggle
MIL OSI Analysis – Student reporter Vilimaina Naqelevuki (left) and Wansolwara chief-of-staff Heather Traill interview Papua New Guinea journalist Alexander Rheeney about West Papua via Skype. Image: Wansolwara Friday, June 9, 2017 Item: 9898 By Vilimaina NaqelevukiSUVA (Wansolwara/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Media access to West Papua, where more than half a million of its […]
Read More →GLOBAL: Fred Wesley: Our environment message needs to be in every corner of the globe
MIL OSI Analysis – Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley … “Today, let us understand that we can make or break our environment.” Image: Fiji Times Monday, June 5, 2017 Item: 9897 FIJI TIMES EDITORIAL: By Fred WesleySUVA (Asia Pacific Report/The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): Today is a special day. On June 5 every year there […]
Read More →GLOBAL: Trump’s pullout from climate pact ‘threatens lives’ of Pacific people
MIL OSI Analysis – US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement stirs condemnation across the world. Image: RawStory Friday, June 2, 2017 Item: 9895 SUVA (Asia Pacific Report/PICAN/Pacific Media Watch): President Donald Trump’s move to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement is a grave moral injustice, say Pacific […]
Read More →TIMOR-LESTE: Judge acquits two journalists facing jail for defamation
MIL OSI Analysis – Timor Post editor Lourenco Martins (from left), reporter Oki Raimundos, and a lawyer earlier in the judicial process. Image: Jim Nolan/IFJ Friday, June 2, 2017 Item: 9894 By Bob Howarth in a special report for Pacific Media WatchDILI (Pacific Media Watch): A Dili District Court judge has acquitted two Timor-Leste journalists […]
Read More →PHILIPPINES: Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ killings spark row during NZ seminar
MIL OSI Analysis – Amnesty International Philippines campaigns manager Wilnor Papa … “in less than a year there are already 9000 dead.” Image: Kendall Hutt/PMC Thursday, June 1, 2017 Item: 9893 By Kendall HuttAUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” has sparked further controversy in New Zealand at a […]
Read More →PHILIPPINES: Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ killings spark row during NZ human rights seminar
MIL OSI Analysis – Amnesty International Philippines campaigns manager Wilnor Papa … “in less than a year there are already 9000 dead.” Image: Kendall Hutt/PMC Thursday, June 1, 2017 Item: 9893 By Kendall HuttAUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” has sparked further controversy in New Zealand at a […]
Read More →SAMOA: Editor of Samoa Observer wins international journalism award
MIL OSI Analysis – Mata’afa Keni Lesa, the editor of Samoa Observer … recipient of international Boerma Award for food security reporting. Image: Samoa Observer Thursday, June 1, 2017 Item: 9892 By Gatoaitele Savea Sano Malifa APIA (Pacific Media Watch/Samoa Observer): Samoa Observer editor Mata’afa Keni Lesa has been recognised by the United Nations for […]
Read More →TONGA: Media ‘twisted my comments’ about Chinese firm over tax, says Pōhiva
MIL OSI Analysis – Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva clarifies his statement about Chinese businesses not paying tax in Tonga. Image: TNews Wednesday, May 31, 2017 Item: 9891 AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Kaniva News/Pacific Media Watch): Tongan Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva has hit back at reports that he told a press conference that “Chinese businesses in Tonga […]
Read More →NZ: AUT appoints new head of Communication Studies school
MIL OSI Analysis – Professor Berrin Yanikkaya … an admirable record of teaching, curriculum development, research and management for new directions. Image: Berrin Yanikkaya Wednesday, May 31, 2017 Item: 9890 By Olivia AllisonAUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/AUT University/Pacific Media Watch): Auckland University of Technology has appointed a new head of the School of Communication Studies, the […]
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