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June 2, 2023
RNZ News New Zealand’s Media Freedom Council has called Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s exclusion of some media outlets from his budget speech today “unacceptable”. In an appearance at Auckland Transport’s Viaduct headquarters, Brown took time out of pitching his plan to sell the city’s holdings in Auckland Airport to complain about road cones, his “not ... <a title="NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult to voters’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/nzs-media-freedom-council-slams-mayor-browns-ban-attempt-as-insult-to-voters/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult to voters’">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2023
Pacific Media Watch More than 100 media leaders from around the world have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in signing an unprecedented joint statement expressing support for detained Apple Daily founder and publisher Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong. They have called for his immediate release. Among the signatories are publishers, editors-in-chief, and senior editors from ... <a title="‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 116 global media leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/22/free-jimmy-lai-now-plea-by-rsf-and-116-global-media-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 116 global media leaders">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Just hours after Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 116 publishers, editors-in-chief, and senior editors from around the world called for the release of Apple Daily founder and RSF Press Freedom Prize laureate Jimmy Lai (in Cantonese: Lai Chee-ying), the Hong Kong government responded with a veiled threat. It published a statement threatening ... <a title="Hong Kong responds with veiled threat while claiming it still respects press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/22/hong-kong-responds-with-veiled-threat-while-claiming-it-still-respects-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong responds with veiled threat while claiming it still respects press freedom">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Pacific Media Watch More than 100 media leaders from around the world have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in signing an unprecedented joint statement expressing support for detained Apple Daily founder and publisher Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong. They have called for his immediate release. Among the signatories are publishers, editors-in-chief, and senior editors from ... <a title="‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 100 global media leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/free-jimmy-lai-now-plea-by-rsf-and-100-global-media-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 100 global media leaders">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Journalist, author and media academic David Robie has launched an independent news and current affairs website to complement his long-established Asia Pacific Report. While Asia Pacific Report will continue to cover regional affairs, the new website — dubbed Café Pacific, the same name as his blog which is being absorbed into the ... <a title="Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/11/journalist-david-robie-launches-new-open-access-cafe-pacific-website/" aria-label="Read more about Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
By Henry Puna, Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum On World Press Freedom Day the world remembers the importance of a free and independent media as the cornerstone of thriving and healthy democracies. For our developing and developed Pacific nations of the Blue Continent, the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day is also an ... <a title="Pacific Islands Forum Media Freedom Day message: Truth without fear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/pacific-islands-forum-media-freedom-day-message-truth-without-fear/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Islands Forum Media Freedom Day message: Truth without fear">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist World Press Freedom Day has been marked by journalists around the world, including the Pacific. Launched by the United Nations in 1998, May 3 is a day of solidarity among the world’s media, in particular with journalists who are being persecuted in autocratic nations and war zones. It serves ... <a title="Pacific journalists around region mark progress but warn of new risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/pacific-journalists-around-region-mark-progress-but-warn-of-new-risks/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journalists around region mark progress but warn of new risks">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Highlights of the 2023 World Press Freedom Index. Video: RSF By David Robie Timor-Leste has topped a stunning rise among Asia-Pacific countries to make it to into the “top ten” countries in this year’s World Press Freedom Index that saw island nations improve their rankings. The youngest nation in Southeast Asia — which gained independence ... <a title="Timor-Leste makes top ten in 2023 World Press Freedom Index" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/timor-leste-makes-top-ten-in-2023-world-press-freedom-index/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste makes top ten in 2023 World Press Freedom Index">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board There will be celebrations as well as self-contemplation in newsrooms around the world today to mark World Press Freedom Day 2023, with the Fourth Estate facing some of its biggest challenges yet. It was only close to two years ago when Samoa’s constitutional crisis tested the resolve of ... <a title="Samoa Observer: 2023 World Press Freedom Day – reflection, celebration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/samoa-observer-2023-world-press-freedom-day-reflection-celebration/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: 2023 World Press Freedom Day – reflection, celebration">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The late Sir Rabbie Namaliu’s character and his humble leadership featured well in one of Australia’s top news organisations –– News Corp Australia and its executive chairman Michael Miller has paid a tribute. Businessman Frank Kramer, reading out a special eulogy from the business point of view reflecting on ... <a title="News Corp among Namaliu’s farewell messages – for ‘free, fearless media’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/news-corp-among-namalius-farewell-messages-for-free-fearless-media/" aria-label="Read more about News Corp among Namaliu’s farewell messages – for ‘free, fearless media’">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
By Lydia Lewis and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific journalists The Fiji Parliament has voted to “kill” a draconian media law in Suva today, sending newsrooms across the country into celebrations. Twenty nine parliamentarians voted to repeal the Media Industry Development Act, while 21 voted against it and 3 did not vote. The law — which ... <a title="Historic day for Fiji journalism as ‘draconian’ media law scrapped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/historic-day-for-fiji-journalism-as-draconian-media-law-scrapped/" aria-label="Read more about Historic day for Fiji journalism as ‘draconian’ media law scrapped">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The man in charge of Fiji’s oldest newspaper has high hopes for press freedom in the country following the tabling of a bill in Parliament this week to get rid of a controversial media law. Fiji’s three-party coalition government introduced a bill on Monday to repeal the 2010 Media ... <a title="Fiji’s longest active newsroom keen for ‘kicking out’ of tough media law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/05/fijis-longest-active-newsroom-keen-for-kicking-out-of-tough-media-law/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s longest active newsroom keen for ‘kicking out’ of tough media law">Read more</a>
