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Forum on the future of public television in New Zealand
Saturday, June 4, 2011 - 11:36
The Forum on the Future of Public Television to be held at Victoria University, Wellington, is planned to bring together stakeholders from industry, Parliament, the state sector and academia to try...
PNG: Opposition leader backs free media in battle against government
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Daniel Drageset: AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Opposition leader Belden Namah reiterated Tuesday the importance of independent media in Papua New Guinea.
NZ: New foundation for public interest journalism
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
AUCKLAND (Scoop Foundation / Pacific Media Centre): In a push to offer new support and momentum for public interest journalism, New Zealand's leading independent news provider, Scoop Media, is...
NZ: PIMA mourns loss of Pacific Media Network's Tom Etuata
Monday, October 29, 2012
AUCKLAND (Pacific Islands Media Association / Pacific Media Watch): The Pacific Islands Media Association (PIMA) team would like to extend its condolences to the family of Tom Etuata, chief...
FIJI: Media bids broadcaster 'YG' goodbye
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Maikeli Seru SUVA (Fiji Sun / Pacific Media Watch): Fiji bid farewell to one her favourite broadcasters yesterday – Yaminiasi Gaunavou, commonly known as "YG".
NZ: Key 'gets it wrong' on TVNZ7
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
AUCKLAND (SaveTVNZ 7 / PAcific Media Watch): On the Stuff website PM John Key appeared to say TVNZ 7’s funding of $16m was instead transferred to NZ On Air. “In relation to TVNZ7, the...
FIJI: RNZI airs new Radio Heritage feature
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
WELLINGTON (Radio Heritage Foundation / Pacific Media Watch): Join us from Monday, June 11, 2012 to explore the world of breakfast radio on several of the 15 local FM radio stations in Suva on the...
NZ: MPs ‘rubbish’ government reasons for cutting off TVNZ7 funding
Thursday, May 17, 2012
By Alex Perrottet AUCKLAND (Pacific Scoop / Pacific Media Watch): The New Zealand government’s reasons for cutting funding to Television NZ have been “rubbished” at a public...
NEW CALEDONIA: Radio Djiido looks to Kanaky's future
Thursday, April 26, 2012
MELBOURNE (Radio Australia / Pacific Media Watch): New Caledonia's indigenous Kanak radio station, Radio Djiido, has topped the ratings chart in the French territory. The station, which...
REGION: Pacific Media Watch praises RNZI for PNG reporting
Thursday, April 19, 2012
AUCKLAND (bFM / Pacific Media Watch): Radio New Zealand International has been praised this week for its coverage of the so-called constitutional crisis looming in Papua New Guinea....
NZ: Public broadcasting faces bleak future, says Media7 producer
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Josh Martin AUCKLAND (Te Waha Nui (AUT) / Pacific Media Watch): An Auckland television producer says the outlook is bleak for both public broadcasting in New Zealand and his own media current...
The cold, hard new world of NZ's digital communications divide
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
David Beatson COMMENTARY: New Zealand is entering the multimedia digital age. Are we ready for this?  I don’t think so.
REGION: Radio Australia launches new multilingual, social media services
Thursday, March 1, 2012
MELBOURNE (Radio Australia / Pacific Media Watch): Radio Australia – the international broadcasting service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) - has launched new multilingual...
Closure of Stratos, TVNZ7 demonstrates failure of digital media economic Darwinism
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Peter Thompson: ANALYSIS: Christmas may be over, but the commercial humbug surrounding the future of public broadcasting has continued unabated. Policymakers and the mainstream media have been...
FIJI: Regime signals it may switch Radio Australia back on
Saturday, January 28, 2012
MELBOURNE (Radio Australia / Pacific Media Watch): Fiji's coup installed military government has signalled it is looking at allowing Radio Australia to broadcast inside the country again....

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