Pacific Media Watch Nius

AUSTRALIA: ‘Spy’ agency involved in ABC raids, new documents show

7 Aug

INDONESIA: No case of violence against journalists prosecuted by police, says AJI

5 Aug

AUSTRALIA: Media groups call for reform to protect press freedom

4 Aug

REGION: Pacific people facing daily ‘destructive realities’ of climate change, says USP researcher

3 Aug

NZ: Iwi against Ihumātao occupation social media pages shut down

2 Aug

REGION: 'Shocking' levels of child violence found in Pacific, says new report

1 Aug

REGION: PMC projects creative ‘grab bag’ unveiled at midwinter showcase

31 Jul

REGION: Short documentary on PMW? No sweat? Wrong - a big challenge Primary tabs

30 Jul

REGION: Mobile era Pacific Media Centre website upgrade ready to go live

25 Jul

AUSTRALIA: Police drop trespass charges against French TV crew at Adani protest

25 Jul

WEST PAPUA: British Lords call for strong stand on press freedom

25 Jul

AUSTRALIA: Arrest of French TV crew 'jeopardises media freedom', says IFJ

24 Jul

REGION: NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR

24 Jul

AUSTRALIA: RSF demands police drop charges against French TV crew

23 Jul

AUSTRALIA: French journalists arrested for filming protest against Adani mine

22 Jul

WEST PAPUA: At least 139 die in Nduga refugee camps, claims relief group

20 Jul

VANUATU: Police question journalists over detained vehicle story

19 Jul

GLOBAL: China bid wins hosting rights for next WJEC journalism meet

17 Jul

WEST PAPUA: Journalists to be allowed there on press junket, says Peters

17 Jul

NZ: A journalist is nothing without values, says community editor

15 Jul

Pacific Media Watch article

6 Apr

REGION: Southern Cross covers host of issues in fast-moving Covid-19 time

AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Radio 95bFM/Pacific Media Watch): From the second week of lockdown in New Zealand, to Covid-19 in the Pacific and an “authoritarianism creep” by governments in the Asia-Pacific region provided a fast-changing landscape on the Pacific Media Centre’s Southern Cross radio programme on 95bFM today.

Pacific Media Watch article

4 Apr

NZ: Otago University will not answer Critic’s criticisms in virus editorial

DUNEDIN (RNZ News/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): New Zealand’s Otago University will not respond to questions from Critic, the student magazine on campus, during the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown.

The decision comes after Critic published a scathing editorial about the university’s response to the virus.

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

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

Event

Melanesian Media Freedom Forum 2019

MELANESIAN MEDIA FREEDOM FORUM 2019 - November 11-13
The Melanesian Media Freedom Forum was developed to respond to increasing media repression in Melanesia and to future-proof press freedom, though trans-national regional co-operation and knowledge-sharing among Melanesian journalists, editors, publishers, press-freedom advocates and journalism scholars.