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Pacific Media Watch article
1 Dec
REGION: Pacific journalism, media and diversity researchers tackle challenges ahead
AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Pacific journalism and media researchers have gathered “live” in Auckland and “virtually” from Australia, Indonesia, and the region to showcase their projects and initiatives – and they spoke of the key challenges ahead.
Pacific Media Watch article
1 Dec
NZ: Academics, journalists, students raise West Papuan flag in NZ ‘solidarity’ gesture
AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Academics, journalists and students today raised the West Papuan flag – an act banned in Indonesia and punishable by up to 15 years in jail – at a Pacific Media Centre-hosted symposium in Auckland today.
The protest marked the 59th anniversary of the day West Papuans first raised their flag of independence, known as the Morning Star, on 1 December 1961.
23 Nov
SOLOMON ISLANDS: PM defends temporary suspension of Facebook until new law in place
By Robert Iroga
HONIARA (Solomon Business Magazine/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Centre): Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare insists his government will push on with the temporary suspension of Facebook while lawmakers explore ways to regulate social media.
In a statement in Parliament today, a fired-up Sogavare did not hide his government’s desire to suspend Facebook.
He said since that the announcement on social media of the suspension of Facebook, users had continue to use the social media platform “irresponsibly”.
Special Reports
8 Sep
John Pilger: The Stalinist trial of Julian Assange – press freedom in the dock
ANALYSIS: By John Pilger in London
When I first met Julian Assange more than 10 years ago, I asked him why he had started WikiLeaks. He replied: “Transparency and accountability are moral issues that must be the essence of public life and journalism.”
I had never heard a publisher or an editor invoke morality in this way. Assange believes that journalists are the agents of people, not power: that we, the people, have a right to know about the darkest secrets of those who claim to act in our name.
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.
Events
Event
ACMC2021 - Change, Adaptation and Innovation: Media, Communication and Culture
ACMC2021 CONFERENCE RATIONALE - November 25-27
Event
Pacific Media Centre 2020 and Beyond: Highlights and New Horizons
Join us for a roller-coaster ride with the Pacific Media Centre : Te Amokura research and publication student and staff team for an end-of-year showcase – how we faced the coronavirus challenges with some lively outputs on our environmental, human rights and social justice programme. Plus, plans for the future.
December 1, 2020, 9am-12noon, WG224A
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An Asia-Pacific news and current affairs freedom project reported and edited by PMC's network.
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Pacific Journalism Review: Te Koakoa is a research journal covering Asia-Pacific media issues. Also Pacific Journalism Review Monographs.
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Content is provided by postgraduate students on PMC's Asia-Pacific Journalism Studies course and the centre's media network.
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Media Watch article
1 Dec
REGION: Pacific journalism, media and diversity researchers tackle challenges ahead
AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Pacific journalism and media researchers have gathered “live” in Auckland and “virtually” from Australia, Indonesia, and the region to showcase their projects and initiatives – and they spoke of the key challenges ahead.
Pacific Media Watch article
1 Dec
NZ: Academics, journalists, students raise West Papuan flag in NZ ‘solidarity’ gesture
AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Academics, journalists and students today raised the West Papuan flag – an act banned in Indonesia and punishable by up to 15 years in jail – at a Pacific Media Centre-hosted symposium in Auckland today.
The protest marked the 59th anniversary of the day West Papuans first raised their flag of independence, known as the Morning Star, on 1 December 1961.
Research
Research
26 Jul
Banabans of Rabi - A Story of Survival [Documentary]
Banabans of Rabi - A Story of Survival, a short documentary by postgraduate student journalist Hele Ikimotu and screenwriting and production student Blessen Tom, has been produced while on
Projects
Project
3 Jun
Climate change and covid-19 Pacific project
The Pacific Media Centre has made waves in climate change reporting in recent years with its Bearing Witness documentary project and its Pacific Media Watch freedom and monitoring programme.
Project
28 May
Pacific Media Watch documentary under way - The Genesis 2019
Fair Go assistant producer and a recent AUT graduate Blessen Tom and current postgraduate student Sri Krishnamurthi embarked in May on a storytelling project about Pacific Media Watch.
Publications
Publication
15 Feb
Blood on their Banner: Nationalist Struggles in the South Pacific
Blood on their Banner: Nationalist Struggles in the South Pacific
by David Robie
Publication
16 Oct
Toktok 40/ Spring 2020
COURAGEOUS WOMEN FEATURED IN PJR'S MELANESIAN MEDIA FREEDOM EDITION