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TONGA: RSF condemns ‘gag’ of state broadcaster ahead of general election

PNG: Media council calls for 'silence' on domestic violence to be broken

PNG: Funeral of Post-Courier journalist overshadowed by abuse allegations

NZ: Global research project examines ‘social impact’ of natural disasters

NZ: Strong Pasifika representation in Labour cabinet

TONGA: Broadcasting chief blames TBC shake-up on news failure

Special Reports

Terror in Indonesia – the threat posed by returning Islamic State fighters

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

BACKGROUNDER: Jewel Topsfield reports from Jakarta. More than 500 Indonesian IS supporters are still...

Dire year for journalists under state of emergency in Turkey

Monday, July 17, 2017

BACKGROUNDER: On the first anniversary of the failed coup in Turkey by the Reporters Sans Frontières team. The...

Flashback to NZ’s nuclear-free law 1987: Challenging Goliath

Sunday, June 11, 2017

ANALYSIS: David Robie traces the history of the early years of the nuclear-free movement in a 1986 article for the New...

Time for independence from a crumbling US empire

Monday, April 17, 2017

Murray Horton AGENDA-SETTING: This is about the longer view of the American Empire and the bigger picture.

NZ: Māori filmmaker bound for Canada to screen Te Reo films at international festival

Thursday, October 12, 2017

AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): In a first for a New Zealand filmmaker, Māori filmmaker Renae Maihi has three films...

REGION: ‘Keep our islands above water’ Pacific Climate Warriors plea for COP23

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Climate activists representing 12 Pacific Island nations have launched the Pacific...

Research

Bearing Witness 2016: A Fiji climate change journalism case study

Friday, July 21, 2017

RESEARCH: David Robie & Sarika Chand: This article is a case study assessing this climate change journalism project...

The insecurity legacy of the Rainbow Warrior Affair: A human rights transition from nuclear to climate-change refugees

Friday, July 7, 2017

RESEARCH: David Robie: State-backed terrorism as exemplified by the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, the Amsterdam-...

PMC director's sabbatical assignment in France, Scandinavia 2013

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 01:06

Pacific Media Centre director professor David Robie travelled to Scandinavia in October 2013 during his global sabbatical. Along with Del Abcede, he...

PMC director's sabbatical assignment in Timor-Leste 2013

Sunday, January 5, 2014 - 20:15

Pacific Media Centre director professor David Robie worked with La'o Hamutuk (Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis) as a...

Asia Pacific Report - a new digital initiative on regional journalism

Thursday, December 10, 2015

AsiaPacificReport.nz is a joint non-profit educational-industry venture between Multimedia Investments Ltd (Milnz.co.nz) and AUT’s Pacific...

VIDEO: The PMC Project - a short documentary by Alistar Kata

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

In 2009, a short video was made by AUT television students John Pulu and Sophie Johnson about the work of the Pacific Media Centre. Now a new...

Café Pacific: Media coverage of war atrocities opens debate on INFOCORE research

Sunday, November 27, 2016

By Elena Cavalione of Euronews IN A world torn apart by conflicts old and new, the issue of the media’s role seems to have growing...

Café Pacific: The ‘nuclear free’ Vanuatu girl with the enchanting smile

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

By DAVID ROBIE on Aneityum, Vanuatu She had the most enchanting smile, even though she had lost her baby teeth. Her toothless grin turned...

2 November 2017

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TONGA: RSF condemns ‘gag’ of state broadcaster ahead of general election

Events

Journalism under duress in Asia-Pacific - PMC's 10th anniversary event

Thu, 30/11/2017 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

JOURNALISM UNDER DURESS IN ASIA-PACIFIC The Pacific Media Centre in the AUT School of Communication Studies turns ten this year. We are planning a special event on November 30 with Tagata Pasifika's John Pulu as MC. It also marks the International Day of Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists on November 2. The event includes: