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Committee update after AGM 2026



ASIA PACIFIC MEDIA NETWORK COMMITTEE 2026
The following people were elected or re-elected at our fifth Annual General Meeting on 24 April 2026 at the Whanau Community Centre and Hub…
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Asia Pacific Media Network: Report from the Chair 2026


ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 24 APRIL 2026
Ngā mihi nui kia koutou katoa and warm Pacific greetings.
 
Welcome to the fifth Annual General Meeting of the Asia Pacific Media Network…

APMN Notice of AGM #2026


Date:   Friday, 24 April 2026
Time:   10.30am-12.30pm, (NZDT), 9.30am (FT), 8.30am (AET)
Venue: Whānau Community Centre and Hub
Unit 7A/165 Stoddard Road, Mount Roskill, Auckland…

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers have plagued the Pacific


Updated research has shown up lingering headaches over the impacts of decades-long nuclear testing in the Pacific islands and interventions of outside powers, amid growing threats from climate change, writes…

Alternative Jewish Voices launches new access radio programme


PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH
Alternative Jewish Voices | Sh’ma Koleinu — a collective of anti-Zionist Jews from the Far North to Dunedin — launched its new radio programme today.

Rick…

Gaza’s young, untrained journalists step up to document Israel’s war crimes


PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH
At least 262 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war against the besieged enclave, marking one of the deadliest periods…

Launch of Pacific Media Journal - AMIC newsletter


ASIAN MEDIA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION CENTRE
AMIC Pacific representatives Professor David Robie, the 2015 AMIC Asia Communication Awardee, and Associate Professor Shailendra Singh, continue to play a leading role in…

‘Heinous’ Israeli attack kills Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah in genocidal Gaza war


PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH
Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah has been killed in an Israeli drone strike in the Gaza Strip, the Qatari television news channel reports.

The air strike…

How the US, Israel and Iran are controlling their media narratives



COMMENTARY: By Majdoline Al-Shammouri in Beirut
In the ongoing United States and Israel war on Iran, it appears that all the countries agree on “controlling” the media.

Despite differences…

USP academic calls for better press freedom protections in face of Fiji’s declining media trust




PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: By Cheerieann Wilson of The Fiji Times in Suva
Public trust in Fiji’s mainstream media has significantly declined, a journalism academic has told the Truth and Reconciliation…

Activist journalist Terry Bell – a life defined by unwavering commitment to justice and democracy


OBITUARY: RADIO 786: Pacific Media Watch
Anti-apartheid campaigner Terry Bell has died at the age of 84. A lifelong activist, journalist, and educator, Bell’s life was defined by his…

Corruption reporting project mourns the loss of Dan McGarry, pioneering Pacific editor and investigative journalist


OBITUARY: By Aubrey Belford, Australia and South Pacific regional editor of OCCRP
The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Dan McGarry…