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Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: By Khalia Strong of PMN News
Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory feels hollow as journalists across the Pacific face…

Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists

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As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its massacre of journalists in Lebanon and Palestine, New Zealand journalist David Robie…

Committee update after AGM 2026

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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…

From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific

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COMMENTARY: By David Robie, author of Eyes of Fire
The legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific is unfinished business. From the 1997 disappearance of journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud to the…

Rainbow Warrior: The Rongelap evacuation and nuclear journalism - the untold stories

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INVITATION to a talk by APMN's Dr David Robie, Grey Lynn Library, 474 Great North Road,Tuesday March 24, 6-8pm

David is a local author and journalist, having lived in…

China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector

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SPECIAL REPORT: Reporters Without Borders
Since the Solomon Islands established diplomatic relations with China in 2019, the Pacific country has become a strategic arena for Beijing’s influence.

By capitalising on…

MCPNG and UN hold media freedom talks in wake of attacks on women journalists

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH
The United Nations in Papua New Guinea has met the leadership of the Media Council of PNG to advance collaboration in support of a strong, independent…

How Israel is censoring damage reporting about the war on Iran

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SPECIAL REPORT: By Oren Ziv of +972 Magazine
Since the start of the war with Iran, the Israeli military has imposed strict censorship regulations on local and international media outlets…

West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and ecocide under noses of military

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REVIEW: By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report
West Papuan diaspora, academics, students and community activists warmly applauded the screening of the new investigative documentary, Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in…