CoveragePost
October 31, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A five-member film crew from 60 Minutes Australia has been in detained in Kiribati for what government sources claimed was false declaration by the team on arrival, reports PACNEWS. The crew was detained shortly after they arrived on a flight from Nadi on Monday for allegedly providing “false and misleading information” ... <a title="Australian news crew detained in Kiribati for providing ‘false information’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/31/australian-news-crew-detained-in-kiribati-for-providing-false-information/" aria-label="Read more about Australian news crew detained in Kiribati for providing ‘false information’">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 30, 2019
By Michael Andrew PMC Director Professor David Robie gave a blistering attack on the Australian and New Zealand governments and mainstream media for their deafening “silence” over the West Papua crisis earlier this week. Speaking in the pre-conference keynote for next month’s Melanesian Media Freedom Forum (MMFF) at Griffith University’s South Bank campus in Brisbane, ... <a title="PMC director blasts politicians, media over ‘shameful silence’ over Papua rights violations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/pmc-director-blasts-politicians-media-over-shameful-silence-over-papua-rights-violations/" aria-label="Read more about PMC director blasts politicians, media over ‘shameful silence’ over Papua rights violations">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 22, 2019
By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh Australians picked up their morning papers yesterday to find heavily blacked-out text instead of front-page headlines. This bold statement was instigated by the “Your Right to Know” campaign, an unlikely coalition of Australian media organisations fighting for press freedom and source protection. A key reform advocated by a range of organisations and experts – including our research ... <a title="Australia needs a Media Freedom Act – here’s how it could work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/australia-needs-a-media-freedom-act-heres-how-it-could-work/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs a Media Freedom Act – here’s how it could work">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 15, 2019
By Michael Andrew and Sri Krishnamurthi The true story of one of the Pacific’s great waka builders and sailor has been captured in a stirring and visually gripping documentary. Loimata: The Sweetest Tears follows the final years of Ema Siope, a Samoan born kiwi who endured a tumultuous past to reconnect with her roots across ... <a title="Story of Pacific ‘reconnection’ destined for the big screen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/story-of-pacific-reconnection-destined-for-the-big-screen/" aria-label="Read more about Story of Pacific ‘reconnection’ destined for the big screen">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk University of the South Pacific staff and students have released a rebuttal to former Vice Chancellor Professor Rajesh Chandra’s claim that he has been “vindicated” from any wrong-doing during his tenure at the university. The rebuttal was prepared and sent to the Fiji Sun on September 20 in response to Chandra’s ... <a title="Former USP Vice Chancellor ‘violated’ norms, say staff and students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/former-usp-vice-chancellor-violated-norms-say-staff-and-students/" aria-label="Read more about Former USP Vice Chancellor ‘violated’ norms, say staff and students">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 10, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The New Zealand embassy has confirmed Indonesia has denied its diplomats’ requests to visit Papua and assess the conflict and human rights situation in the turbulent region. According to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, a spokesperson from the New Zealand embassy confirmed the travel ban, which has been extended ... <a title="Indonesia denies NZ diplomats entry into West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/indonesia-denies-nz-diplomats-entry-into-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia denies NZ diplomats entry into West Papua">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 7, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A Filipino human rights lawyer has come away uninjured after unidentified motorcyclists fired gunshots into her car on the central Philippines island of Panay, reports The Sun Star. According to the report, Criselda Heredia was with her daughter and a client when the attack happened last month. “I was just ambushed. ... <a title="Filipino human rights lawyer uninjured after gunmen ambush car" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/filipino-human-rights-lawyer-uninjured-after-gunmen-ambush-car/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino human rights lawyer uninjured after gunmen ambush car">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 30, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Vanuatu leaders have taken the podium at the United Nations General Assembly to speak out against the military repression of anti-racism and independence demonstrations in West Papua, reports SBS news. Addressing world leaders at the New York gathering – which has so far been a platform for powerful climate change activism ... <a title="Australia needs to ‘step up’ on West Papua, says Vanuatu at UN assembly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/australia-needs-to-step-up-on-west-papua-says-vanuatu-at-un-assembly/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs to ‘step up’ on West Papua, says Vanuatu at UN assembly">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 25, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk At least 32 people have been killed and scores more injured in Papua amid fresh protests against racism and police persecution, reports Al Jazeera. In the regional capital of Wamena, 28 people, including 16 non-Papuans were reportedly killed when protestors torched buildings and damaged property in response to claims that a ... <a title="Death toll rises to 32 amid fresh Papua protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/death-toll-rises-to-32-amid-fresh-papua-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Death toll rises to 32 amid fresh Papua protests">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 22, 2019
By Michael Andrew Social media and tech industries have been replicating the ugliest aspects of capitalism from the 1800s, according to an AUT computer science lecturer. Associate Professor Tony Clear says that social media and tech executives are taking advantage of unregulated markets in a similar way as wealthy industrialists or “robber barons” who exploited ... <a title="Ethics needed in computing and tech to stop ‘robber barons’, says lecturer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/22/ethics-needed-in-computing-and-tech-to-stop-robber-barons-says-lecturer/" aria-label="Read more about Ethics needed in computing and tech to stop ‘robber barons’, says lecturer">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 13, 2019
By Michael Andrew Members of the Pacific media have paid tribute to the late Tongan Prime Minster ‘Akilisi Pohiva, who died in New Zealand earlier this week. An enduring symbol of democracy in Tonga and the Pacific, Pohiva died at Auckland hospital after a long struggle with various health problems. “He fought for many years ... <a title="Media associates pay tribute to ‘Akilisi Pohiva" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/13/media-associates-pay-tribute-to-akilisi-pohiva/" aria-label="Read more about Media associates pay tribute to ‘Akilisi Pohiva">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 11, 2019
OPINION: By Michael Andrew of Pacific Media Watch For the past three weeks, a wave of violent protest has been spreading across West Papua and Indonesia. Sparked by a racist attack on West Papuan students, the protests have featured the burning of government buildings, 6000 troops mobilised, an internet blackout, marauding, snake-wielding militias stabbing ... <a title="Michael Andrew: The NZ media’s coverage of the West Papua protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/michael-andrew-the-nz-medias-coverage-of-the-west-papua-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Michael Andrew: The NZ media’s coverage of the West Papua protests">Read more</a>
