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PNG: Government doing its best amid coronavirus crisis, says journalist

9 Apr

PNG: What are the lessons with Covid-19? Seeing the ironies through a PNG lens

24 Mar

CHINA: CPJ protests over China’s arrest of Australian blogger Yang Hengjun on espionage charges

28 Aug

PNG: Court silences political blogger’s comments - gag image posted

13 Jul

INDONESIA: Student Afi’s blog items inspirational – but her FB ‘frozen’

23 May

VIDEO: Blogger stabbed to death in Maldives as CPJ issues freedom report

26 Apr

FIJI: Hacker targets Fijileaks but 'cyber coup fails'

22 Jul

It’s easy to be cynical … harder to fight for your media dream

9 Feb

Seeking a more compassionate Pacific geopolitical strategy from Australia, NZ

31 Aug

NZ: Justice campaigner awarded $535,000 over defamation

17 Apr

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Pacific Media Watch article

4 Aug

REGION: PJR warns growing risks and hostile laws ‘silencing’ Melanesian media

AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Journalism Review/Pacific Media Watch): Hostile media environments in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and West Papua pose growing challenges to the Melanesian region’s democracies, says Pacific Journalism Review in its latest edition.

The New Zealand-based research journal warns that laws and cultural restrictions are providing barriers to open information and are silencing journalists.

Article

2 Aug

French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’

By Matthew Scott
The day began with a video, showing a disparate collection of arresting images – the drowned Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, camera in hand and a huge smile on his face.

Mugshots of two captured French DGSE secret agents – a fake honeymooning pair jailed for manslaughter, but later spirited off to Hao atoll and freedom.

Sun-drenched tropical beaches and a ship with a gaping hull, sinking into the frigid Auckland Harbour on a winter’s night.

Publication

17 Feb

Pacific Media Centre Annual Review 2019

The Pacific Media Centre (PMC) had another busy and productive year publishing, researching and providing advocacy on several Asia-Pacific issues.

Publication

31 Jul

Toktok No 39 / Winter 2019

PMC UNVEILS CREATIVE SHOWCASE

Event

Webinar: The #RainbowWarrior Incident: 35 Years later

THURSDAY JULY 30 9AM (NZ TIME):
Upcoming webinar roundtable on "The #RainbowWarrior Incident: 35 Years Later" as part of the France and Beyond conference on 29 July 2020 (9am July 30 NZ time). Organised by Dr Roxanne Panchasi of Simon Fraser University. Co-sponsored by the Europe Institute, Massey University and the University of Auckland.

Panelists:
Dr Roxanne Panchasi, Simon Fraser University (moderator)

Event

Amnesty On Campus: Human rights and Southeast Asia

6pm - 8 pm, Wednesday, March 18
Pat Hanan Room, Arts 2, University of Auckland

CANCELLED AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PRECAUTION

AMNESTY ON CAMPUS UoA: HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
Speakers:
Media freedom and Southeast Human Rights: Focus on the Philippines - Professor David Robie, director, Pacific Media Centre
West Papua - Author Maire Leadbeater
Violations against the Rohingya - Kyaw