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Gaza freedom flotilla – reluctance of the West to protest Israel’s thuggery enabled the abuse

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The failure of Australia and Western governments to hold Israel to account has enabled the abuse of Gaza flotilla detainees, including New Zealanders, argues Jerusalem Peace Prize recipient Stuart Rees…

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza ‘death trap’

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ANALYSIS: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch
When the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders released their annual World Press Freedom Index dossier online three days before World Press Freedom…

Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: By Kim Wingerei
Saher Alghorra, a Palestinian photojournalist, has won the Pulitzer Prize for a series of photographs published in The New York Times. What’s the…

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into resigning

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter
Opposition New Zealand MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman was “hounded” into resigning, after a “witch hunt”…

TVNZ’s ‘first wahine Māori’ political editor Maiki Sherman resigns

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: RNZ News
TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman has resigned, posting on social media that today, Friday, was her last day at TVNZ.

The broadcaster confirmed Maiki Sherman…

Moana Maniapoto: Why trashing the BSA is a sign of journalism and fairness being undermined

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COMMENTARY: By Moana Maniapoto
I was reluctant to enter into journalism because I valued the research and skills attached to the profession, particularly given it’s responsibility to hold the powerful…

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 AGM#2026 Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE APMN AGM, 24 APRIL 2025, ADOPTED AT AGM#2026:
Whānau Community Centre and Hub (and by Zoom), Unit 7A/165 Stoddard Road, Mount Roskill, Auckland 1041. 
Time: 10.30am-12.30pm, (NZDT)…

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…