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Kia Ora Whānau #2

Asia Pacific Media Network News Updates #2/2023 – 28 February 2023
Kia Ora Whānau,
 
 A few quick updates on Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN) activities, happenings and future events:
 
Key upcoming dates:
APMN AGM (date
April 14, 2023, TBC)
Submissions for next PJR edition close: March 31, 2023
Publication of next PJR edition: July 2023

Pictured top: Professor Steven Ratuva pictured with PJR back copies. Image: Macmillan Brown Centre…

Reflections on PNG’s Draft National Media Development Policy 2023


MEDIA RELEASE: Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN), Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand
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An urgent rethink is needed on several aspects of the Draft Media Policy


We have been asked by several Papua New Guinean journalists for some reflections and suggestions on this draft policy. We are an independent media research and publication collective that has published the Pacific Journalism Review research journal, founded at the University of Papua New…

Kia Ora Whānau #1

Asia Pacific Media Network News Updates #1/2023 – 4 January 2023
Kia Ora Whānau,
 
Hepi Niu Yia Olgeta!
 
 A few quick updates on Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN) activities, happenings and future events:
 
Key upcoming dates:
APMN AGM (date TBC in
early April)
Submissions for next PJR edition close: March 31, 2023
Publication of next PJR edition: July 2023

Pictured top: Hepi Niu Yia Olgeta - from…

APMN Updates #3

Asia Pacific Media Network News Updates #3/2022 - 21 November 2022
Kia Ora Whānau,
 
A few quick updates on APMN happenings and future events:
 
1      Journalism Education Association of New Zealand (JEANZ) annual conference and AGM, 7/8 December 2022
Several people from our APMN whānau will be attending the JEANZ conference and presenting papers or taking part in discussions, among them PJR editor Philip Cass and assistant…

APMN Updates #2

2Asia Pacific Media Network News Updates #2/2022 - 13 October 2022
Kia Ora Whānau,
 
A few quick updates on APMN happenings and future events:
 
1.  Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill
Along with the widely publicised media organisation submissions on the bill (but limited media coverage on public or community submissions – a total of 892 written submissions), our Pacific Journalism Review editor Philip Cass recently gave a…

Submission on proposed NZ Aid Scholarships for Papuan Students

To the Member of Parliament for Taieri
Papuan Students Association Oceania (PSAO), Asia Pacific Media Network Inc. (APMN) and the Whānau Community Centre and Hub (WCCH), Tāmaki Makaurau                               

The need for a Papuan scholarship like other Pacific students

The Papuan students association urge for the consideration be given to an annual scholarship applicable to the Indigenous…

New Asia Pacific nonprofit takes up role of PJR publishing

Asia Pacific Media Network members at a recent meeting in Auckland's Whānau Community Centre. Image: PJR

Asia Pacific Report
A new Asia Pacific nonprofit group has taken up the role of publishing the independent Pacific Journalism Review and other research and publication ventures.

The launch of the Asia Pacific Media Network | Te Koakoa Inc. (APMN) has ensured the viability of the New Zealand-based 28-year-old journal that was founded at the University…

APMN Updates #1

Asia Pacific Media Network News Updates #1/2022 - 10 September 2022
Kia Ora Whānau,
 
A few quick updates on APMN happenings and future events:

1. Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill
Thanks to Philip and Heather, we were able to make an 11th hour submission this week to the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill, a vitally important development in New Zealand public interest journalism and it is vital for our…

Submission on the Aotearoa New Zealand public Media Bill

Lack of vision or substantial rationale
To the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee
Submission on the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill 
Pacific Journalism Review and the Asia Pacific Media Network | Te Koakoa Incorporated

  • While the Pacific Journalism Review and its publisher, Asia Pacific Media Network, welcome the attempt to substantially strengthen Aotearoa New Zealand’s public interest media with a publicly owned media organisation (ANZPM) designed for the digital age…