News updates, commentary, special reports and research links from the Pacific Media Centre, AUT University. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:20:34 +1200 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:19:54 +1200 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.4) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.com http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/images/logo140px.jpg http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz 142 228 Pacific Scoop/ Pacific Media Centre: 17 Mar 2010 When Solomon Islanders at the launch of Being the First were each handed a copy of the book, the general reaction was one of “awe”. The book is the first ever to document the lives of leading Solomon Island women from their own point of view, and the first published historical account of achievements by local women over the past 50 years. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/solomon-islands-women-barrier-breakers-tell-their-stories/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/solomon-islands-women-barrier-breakers-tell-their-stories/ Wednesday, 17 Mar 2010 Pacific Scoop: 16 Mar 2010 After more than 24 hours of pounding Fiji, initial reports suggest Cyclone Tomas has caused at least one death, and UNICEF officers write of significant infrastructure damage, widespread disruptions to power supplies, drinking water and transportation, flooding and eight metre sea-swells. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/cyclone-tomas-roars-over-fiji-at-275-kmh/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/cyclone-tomas-roars-over-fiji-at-275-kmh/ Tuesay, 16 Mar 2010 Pacific Media Watch: 15 Mar 2010 Amidst the vibrant cultural fairs at Auckland’s Pasifika Festival last weekend, a petition was passed around by Green activists who hoped to sway government to committing to a 40 to 50 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, as well as assisting in climate change adaptation programs in affected areas. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/pacific-activists-urge-nz-leaders-to-act-on-climate-change/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/pacific-activists-urge-nz-leaders-to-act-on-climate-change/ Monday, 15 Mar 2010 Pacific Scoop/ Cafe Pacific: 15 Mar 2010 WHAT an irony that the Jakarta media headlines were focusing on a “terrorism training camp” scare in Indonesia’s western-most Aceh province and shootouts in an outlying suburb that left fugitive Dulmatin and two other suspects dead just when a regional East Asia media forum opened with a focus on the “intersections of conflict, culture and religion”. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/shooting-of-terrorist-dulmatin-overshadows-key-media-conflict-seminar/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/shooting-of-terrorist-dulmatin-overshadows-key-media-conflict-seminar/ Monday, 15 Mar 2010 Pacific Media Centre: 12 Mar 2010 The first truth and reconciliation commission hearings concluded this week in Honiara with 19 witnesses giving their account of five years of conflict in the Solomon Islands, many urged perpetrators of the violence to appear before future hearings. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/solomon-islands-witnesses-to-conflict-call-for-perpetrators-to-appear-before-hearings/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/solomon-islands-witnesses-to-conflict-call-for-perpetrators-to-appear-before-hearings/ Friday, 12 Mar 2010 Pacific Scoop: 11 Mar 2010 Timor-Leste’s president José Ramos-Horta will support a UN-backed international criminal tribunal that would investigate killings that took place in the former Indonesia colony between 1975 to 1999 – if the UN organises it. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/timor-leste-ramos-horta-will-support-international-criminal-tribunal/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/timor-leste-ramos-horta-will-support-international-criminal-tribunal/ Thursday, 11 Mar 2010 Pacific Scoop: 10 Mar 2010 The verdict of the jury (and the court) in the murder trial of the killers of Navtej Singh, Manurewa liquor store owner who was shot in his store last year in a gang robbery, has sent wrong signals about the fairness and the consistency of the justice system in New Zealand. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/indian-kiwis-hurt-by-a-seemingly-warped-new-zealand-justice-system/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/indian-kiwis-hurt-by-a-seemingly-warped-new-zealand-justice-system/ Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010 Pacific Scoop: 9 Mar 2010 A discussion on whether Pacific peoples should be represented by one common “Oceanic” identity brought out differing views between Māori and Pacific participants at the first session of the Fakakaukau Pacific Debate Series, a three day event organized as part of this year’s Pasifika Festival. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/oceanic-identity-weighed-up-at-pasifika-debate-series/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/oceanic-identity-weighed-up-at-pasifika-debate-series/ Tuesday, 9 Mar 2010 Pacific Scoop: 8 Mar 2010 So the Samoan government has jumped the gun on the Television New Zealand “gangsta paradise” affair. In its eagerness to win a political point or two over the state-owned broadcaster (which incidentally has just supplied a “Pacific TV” gift of broadcast equipment to Samoa) in its long-standing controversial complaint about TVNZ accuracy, fairness and ethics, the government has itself breached the broadcast industry’s watchdog embargo. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/samoan-gangs-drugs-and-guns-too-gung-ho-for-the-bsa/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/samoan-gangs-drugs-and-guns-too-gung-ho-for-the-bsa/ Monday, 8 Mar 2010 Pacific Scoop: 4 Mar 2010 Compiling a book on leading women in Solomon Islands is no easy thing when a major language in the country - pijin blong Solomon, or Solomons Pidgin - is only a spoken language. But Marilyn Waring, editor of Being the First, rallied to the cause, with the help of the subjects of the book, the country's leading women. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/03/publishing-triumph-for-solomons.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/03/publishing-triumph-for-solomons.html Thursday, 4 Mar 2010 Pacific Scoop: 27 Feb 2010 A defamation case involving allegations on a popular talkback radio about the Samoan justice minister has divided local media opinion about the issue. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/02/editors-clash-over-samoan-radio-talkback-defamation-case/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/02/editors-clash-over-samoan-radio-talkback-defamation-case/ Sunday, 27 Feb 2010 Pacific Scoop: 23 Feb 2010 Pacific Spice – a dance group made up of Cook Islanders, Samoans and Tongans – captivated the audience with a lively Bollywood number at New Zealand’s weekend Fiji Festival hosted by community broadcaster Radio Tarana. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/02/pacific-spice-captivates-crowd-at-radio-taranas-fiji-festival/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/02/pacific-spice-captivates-crowd-at-radio-taranas-fiji-festival/ Tuesday, 23 Feb 2010 Pacific Scoop: 13 Feb 2010 International relations and security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan has warned of increased militarisation in the Western Pacific Rim states and the erosion of accountable government as the United States-China struggle for global power intensifies. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/02/creative-commons-cites-pacific-scoop-as.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/02/creative-commons-cites-pacific-scoop-as.html Saturday, 13 Feb 2010 Pacific Media Centre Niusblog: 6 Feb 2010 Pacific Scoop, the new niche website launched by the Pacific Media Centre and Scoop Media last August, has been featured on the Creative Commons case study wiki. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/02/creative-commons-cites-pacific-scoop-as.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/02/creative-commons-cites-pacific-scoop-as.html Saturday, 6 Feb 2010 Pacific Scoop: 4 Feb 2010 The loss of inspirational Tongan philosopher, educator and social critic ‘Ilaisa Futa ‘i Ha’angana Helu, who died on Tuesday at the age of 75, will be felt deeply throughout the Pacific. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/02/futa-helu-an-extraordinary-vision-and-independent-thinker/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/02/futa-helu-an-extraordinary-vision-and-independent-thinker/ Thursday, 4 Feb 2010 Pacific Media Centre Niusblog: 4 Feb 2010 International relations and security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan is returning to New Zealand for a month and will deliver a public lecture at the Pacific Media Centre focusing on South East Asia and South Pacific geopolitics and security. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/02/buchanan-to-speak-on-pacific.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/02/buchanan-to-speak-on-pacific.html Thursday, 4 Feb 2010 Pacific Media Centre Niusblog: 3 Feb 2010 A young Filipina-New Zealander has been awarded the first Asia New Zealand Foundation Kiwi Asian Journalism Scholarship. The successful candidate, Corazon Miller, is of Filipina and New Zealand European descent. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/02/nurse-wins-first-kiwi-asian-journalism.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/02/nurse-wins-first-kiwi-asian-journalism.html Wednesday, 3 Feb 2010 Pacific Media Centre Niusblog: 26 Jan 2010 The Pacific Media Watch freedom of expression monitoring project at AUT University has been awarded a $15,000 development grant to expand its regional database and journalism resource. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/01/pacific-media-watch-wins-grant-for.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/01/pacific-media-watch-wins-grant-for.html Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010 Pacific Media Centre Niusblog: 17 Jan 2010 Pacific Scoop features in an article about new models for funding independent and public journalism. Now traditional media face a new addition to the list of threats to newspapers - non-profit news publishers. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/01/crowd-pleasers-new-way-to-pay-for.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/01/crowd-pleasers-new-way-to-pay-for.html Sunday, 17 Jan 2010 Pacific Media Centre Niusblog: 8 Jan 2010 Café Pacific marked the transition into the second decade of the century with six awards to media groups and individuals for their efforts in the Oceania region. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/01/cafe-pacifics-new-decade-media-awards.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/01/cafe-pacifics-new-decade-media-awards.html Friday, 8 Jan 2010 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 18 Nov 2009 Papua New Guinea’s parliamentary bipartisan committee investigating the anti-Asian rioting in May will be disbanded, a senior government source has revealed. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/png-government-set-to-disband-riots-probe-after-aliens-media-furore/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/png-government-set-to-disband-riots-probe-after-aliens-media-furore/ Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 Pacific Scoop: 17 Nov 2009 The passing away of a gentleman and career diplomat, Tia Barrett, has come as a shock to those who knew him. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/a-gifted-nz-diplomat-who-stood-taller-than-most/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/a-gifted-nz-diplomat-who-stood-taller-than-most/ Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 16 Nov 2009 A Pacific regional media lobby group has called on Papua New Guinea’s Post-Courier daily newspaper to seek an independent review of a story which it describes as a “journalistic nightmare”. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/media-lobby-group-calls-for-independent-review-in-png-%e2%80%98aliens%e2%80%99-controversy/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/media-lobby-group-calls-for-independent-review-in-png-%e2%80%98aliens%e2%80%99-controversy/ Monday, 16 Nov 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 13 Nov 2009 A senior journalist on the Malaysian-owned National newspaper has accused the rival Rupert Murdoch daily Post-Courier of “fabricating” a front page lead story claiming 16,000 alien Filipinos are living in Papua New Guinea. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/filipino-journalist-accuses-rival-png-newspaper-of-aliens-story-fabrication/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/filipino-journalist-accuses-rival-png-newspaper-of-aliens-story-fabrication/ Friday, 13 Nov 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 10 Nov 2009 Limiting the King of Tonga’s powers and almost doubling the number of people’s seats in Parliament from nine to 17 are among key recommendations in the Constitutional and Electoral Commission’s final report. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/tongan-commission-calls-for-more-peoples-seats-less-political-power-for-king/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/tongan-commission-calls-for-more-peoples-seats-less-political-power-for-king/ Tuesday, 10 Nov 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 7 Nov 2009 Winners at AUT University’s inaugural Flavorz09 film festival for student video makers last night say they are now inspired to break into the industry. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/budding-maori-pasifika-film-makers-now-have-sights-on-media-industry/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/budding-maori-pasifika-film-makers-now-have-sights-on-media-industry/ Saturday, 7 Nov 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 6 Nov 2009 After 100 years of existence, the Fiji Penal Code has been finally overhauled and replaced with a new Crimes Decree, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation News reports. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/fiji-replaces-penal-code-with-new-crimes-decree/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/fiji-replaces-penal-code-with-new-crimes-decree/ Friday, 6 Nov 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 4 Nov 2009 The Fiji government’s expulsion order against Australian High Commissioner James Batley and acting New Zealand High Commissioner Todd Cleaver has been blamed on taped information given by the Chief Justice Anthony Gates to Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, Radio Fiji reports. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/fiji-expulsion-of-aust-nz-envoys-blamed-on-taped-conversation/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/fiji-expulsion-of-aust-nz-envoys-blamed-on-taped-conversation/ Wednesday, 4 Nov 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 3 Nov 2009 Fiji’s Chief Justice Anthony Gates has condemned Australia and New Zealand for breaching international conventions over judicial “interference” and “hostility” and has called on both countries to lift travel bans on the judiciary. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/fijis-chief-justice-condemns-australian-nz-interference-and-hostility/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/fijis-chief-justice-condemns-australian-nz-interference-and-hostility/ Tuesday, 3 Nov 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 30 Oct 2009 New Zealand’s first professor of Pacific studies, Tagaloatele Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, wants to see more Pacific Islanders at decision-making levels and she believes postgraduate education is the key to achieving this goal. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/new-professor-targets-pasifika-policy-development/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/new-professor-targets-pasifika-policy-development/ Friday, 30 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 30 Oct 2009 Potentially damning testimonies from a welder and an engineer were presented this week to Tonga’s Royal Commission of Inquiry charged with investigating sinking of the Princess Ashika interisland ferry. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/ashika-witnesses-tell-disaster-inquiry-of-corrosion-holes-last-minute-welding/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/ashika-witnesses-tell-disaster-inquiry-of-corrosion-holes-last-minute-welding/ Friday, 30 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 28 Oct 2009 Balibo, a film about the murder of five Australian-based journalists by Indonesian troops during the invasion of East Timor in 1975, has topped this year's AFI Awards nominations. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/balibo-film-dominates-australian-industry-award-nomination/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/balibo-film-dominates-australian-industry-award-nomination/ Wednesday, 28 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 27 Oct 2009 Having a Kiwi sense of identity in the future will not be possible without having multicultural citizenship, says a Massey University sociologist. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/maori-tv-bid-stirs-fresh-debate-on-nzs-multicultural-future/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/maori-tv-bid-stirs-fresh-debate-on-nzs-multicultural-future/ Tuesday, 27 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 24 Oct 2009 Trauma and exiled writers, the challenge of environmental journalism in Delta land, issues of editorial “slant” in health reporting and use of te reo Māori in newspapers are some of the topics featured in the latest edition of Pacific Journalism Review. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/trauma-environmental-journalism-health-reporting-and-te-reo-maori-in-new-pjr/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/trauma-environmental-journalism-health-reporting-and-te-reo-maori-in-new-pjr/ Saturday, 24 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 21 Oct 2009 Political power grabs have dealt press freedom serious blows in the Asia-Pacific region with Fiji being a major casualty, according to the latest Reporters sans frontières world media freedom rankings. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/fiji-tumbles-down-rsf-world-press-freedom-rankings/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/fiji-tumbles-down-rsf-world-press-freedom-rankings/ Wednesday, 21 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 20 Oct 2009 The launch of the long awaited and anticipated special edition of Fijian Studies research journal is seen as a breath of fresh air for Fiji news media. It was appropriately devoted to media and “the struggle for democracy in the past 20 years”. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/many-more-fiji-media-questions-need-answers/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/many-more-fiji-media-questions-need-answers/ Tuesday, 20 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 19 Oct 2009 Climate change tides are swelling. World leaders gnash their teeth in indecision. Hungry mouths are still there. Barry Coates knows – he’s trying to deal with it all. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/barry-coates-pacific-watchdog-on-the-world/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/barry-coates-pacific-watchdog-on-the-world/ Monday, 19 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 16 Oct 2009 A leading Fiji economist has called on the military backed regime to lift the tough censorship curbs on news media or risk growing corruption and a major financial institution collapse. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/free-up-media-or-risk-corruption-and-fund-collapse-warns-fiji-economist/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/free-up-media-or-risk-corruption-and-fund-collapse-warns-fiji-economist/ Friday, 16 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 15 Oct 2009 A shortage of Pacific Islanders undertaking journalism training in New Zealand will be addressed next year with the introduction of a new course at AUT University. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/new-aut-media-programme-targets-pacific-journalists/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/new-aut-media-programme-targets-pacific-journalists/ Thursday, 15 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 14 Oct 2009 Fiji Islanders have a “palpable dissatisfaction” with media standards but this is overridden by a public desire to have a free press, says a new book about Fiji journalism and democracy. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/new-book-questions-fiji-media-standards-but-defends-free-press/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/new-book-questions-fiji-media-standards-but-defends-free-press/ Wednesday, 14 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 14 Oct 2009 It was left up to many of Metro Manila’s 11 million citizens to organise their own rescue during last month’s deluge of typhoon Ondoy, which killed 295 and saw people trapped for hours in cars or on multistorey rooftops by raging floodwaters. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/typhoon-devastation-exposes-metro-manilas-town-planning-disaster/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/typhoon-devastation-exposes-metro-manilas-town-planning-disaster/ Wednesday, 14 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 13 Oct 2009 Almost two weeks after the tsunami hit Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, the devastation remains disturbing for many across the Pacific. Without the kindness of strangers throughout the region, many people could have lost hope for the future. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/wave-of-kindness-generosity-flows-to-tsunami-ravaged-pacific-nations/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/wave-of-kindness-generosity-flows-to-tsunami-ravaged-pacific-nations/ Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 10 Oct 2009 An animal relief mission has returned to New Zealand to tell of another tragedy in the tsunami-ravaged coastal region of Samoa. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/relief-mission-tells-of-animal-tragedy-in-tsunami-ravaged-samoa/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/relief-mission-tells-of-animal-tragedy-in-tsunami-ravaged-samoa/ Saturday, 10 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 9 Oct 2009 During Diwali, lights and fireworks brighten the skies of India. For the eighth year in a row, New Zealand will be celebrating the event as well – with two huge events a week early in Auckland and Wellington. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/kiwi-indians-set-to-celebrate-diwali-%e2%80%93-a-week-early-for-the-%e2%80%98festival-of-lights%e2%80%99/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/kiwi-indians-set-to-celebrate-diwali-%e2%80%93-a-week-early-for-the-%e2%80%98festival-of-lights%e2%80%99/ Friday, 9 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 8 Oct 2009 Concern has been raised after the kingdom’s National Emergency Management Office reportedly failed to send out a tsunami warning to the public immediately after last Wednesday’s “Samoan tsunami” disaster. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/out-of-hours-tongan-tsunami-silence-troubles-nation-in-pacific-scare/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/out-of-hours-tongan-tsunami-silence-troubles-nation-in-pacific-scare/ Thursday, 8 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 8 Oct 2009 A second Pacific tsunami warning in a week – this time after two earthquakes in the space of an hour off the north-western coast of Vanuatu – has been cancelled after reports of only a “tiny” wave. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/quake-off-vanuatu-triggers-new-pacific-tsunami-alert/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/quake-off-vanuatu-triggers-new-pacific-tsunami-alert/ Thursday, 8 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 8 Oct 2009 After 14 hours not knowing whether her son was dead or alive, a North Auckland woman admits she has a renewed respect for the social networking tool Facebook following the Samoan tsunami. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/facebook-helps-mum-track-down-%e2%80%98lost%e2%80%99-surfer-son-in-tsunami/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/facebook-helps-mum-track-down-%e2%80%98lost%e2%80%99-surfer-son-in-tsunami/ Thursday, 8 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 4 Oct 2009 Oxfam has stepped up its aid effort in Samoa in the wake of this week’s devastating tsunami as the American Samoan government imposed a curfew to control looting. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/oxfam-to-boost-samoa-tsunami-aid-curfew-in-pago-pago/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/oxfam-to-boost-samoa-tsunami-aid-curfew-in-pago-pago/ Sunday, 4 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 4 Oct 2009 A rescue aircraft arrived on the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu in the remote northern Nuias group on Thursday evening after a tsunami destroyed villages and claimed the lives of nine people so far. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/aid-follows-tsunami-deaths-destruction-in-tonga/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/aid-follows-tsunami-deaths-destruction-in-tonga/ Sunday, 4 Oct 2009 Samoa Observer/ Pacific Scoop: 4 Oct 2009 If there is something positive to come out of this tsunami in Samoa, it’s the way in which our people quickly responded to the call for help. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/sharing-samoas-pain-by-bonding-amid-the-post-tsunami-hardship/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/sharing-samoas-pain-by-bonding-amid-the-post-tsunami-hardship/ Sunday, 4 Oct 2009 Global Voices/ Pacific Scoop: 4 Oct 2009 Bloggers and citizen journalists are reacting to the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, destroying crops, property and killing more than 170 people. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/bloggers-respond-samoa-will-remember-this-day-in-her-heart-for-ever/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/bloggers-respond-samoa-will-remember-this-day-in-her-heart-for-ever/ Sunday, 4 Oct 2009 Savali/ Pacific Scoop: 3 Oct 2009 At 10.00am on the day the deadly tsunami struck the southern coast of Samoa’s island of Upolu, we arrived at the village of Malaela in the Aleipata district – among the first people to get there. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/picking-through-the-devastation-after-the-samoan-tsunami/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/picking-through-the-devastation-after-the-samoan-tsunami/ Saturday, 3 Oct 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 25 Sep 2009 Human rights advocates have strongly criticised the Tongan Parliament’s refusal to ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women earlier this month. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/human-rights-advocates-criticise-tonga-for-not-signing-off-on-global-women%e2%80%99s-protocol/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/human-rights-advocates-criticise-tonga-for-not-signing-off-on-global-women%e2%80%99s-protocol/ Friday, 25 Sep 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 24 Sep 2009 The political thriller Balibo – about the murder of six Australian-based journalists in East Timor, including a New Zealander – will screen at an Auckland cinema tonight as a pre-release school fundraiser amid continuing controversy abroad. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/political-thriller-claimed-sanitised-on-australian-cover-up-of-balibo-murders/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/political-thriller-claimed-sanitised-on-australian-cover-up-of-balibo-murders/ Thursday, 24 Sep 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 22 Sep 2009 Newly trained New Zealand soldiers filled Waiouru military camp with warmth and excitement. Neatly dressed in uniform with arms, the soldiers looked remarkably similar and it was hard to spot Private Than Htike, a young Burmese recruit in the parade. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/burmese-youngster-joins-nz-army-with-dream-to-help-people/#more-1984 http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/burmese-youngster-joins-nz-army-with-dream-to-help-people/#more-1984 Tuesday, 22 Sep 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 21 Sep 2009 Burmese refugees and activists in New Zealand have welcomed this week’s recent release of 54 political prisoners, while also challenging whether the move was part of a game the regime is playing with Western governments. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/nz-activists-welcome-release-of-burmese-political-prisoners-but-sound-warning/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/nz-activists-welcome-release-of-burmese-political-prisoners-but-sound-warning/ Monday, 21 Sep 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 15 Sep 2009 Fiji’s military-backed prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama has vowed not to be bullied by Australia and New Zealand, and has defended his curbs on the Pacific country’s media. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/bainimarama-vows-not-to-be-bullied-by-australia-nz/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/bainimarama-vows-not-to-be-bullied-by-australia-nz/ Tuesday, 15 Sep 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 10 Sep 2009 Environmental groups and local Pacific leaders are urging New Zealanders to take responsibility and join the fight to protect low-lying Pacific Island nations from the effects of climate change. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/get-real-call-to-nz-over-pacific-fight-against-climate-change/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/get-real-call-to-nz-over-pacific-fight-against-climate-change/ Thursday, 10 Sep 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 10 Sep 2009 A chorus of praise has greeted the Amnesty International report on alleged post-putsch human rights violations for “exposing the suffering” but the regime condemned the document as being based on “lies”. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/praise-greets-amnesty-report-but-fiji-regime-condemns-lies/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/praise-greets-amnesty-report-but-fiji-regime-condemns-lies/ Thursday, 10 Sep 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 8 Sep 2009 Fiji authorities are using a variety of “repressive tactics” to smother free speech, including short-term arrests and intimidation of journalists, says Amnesty International. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/fiji-regime-targets-journalists-with-gestapo-like-intimidation-says-ai/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/fiji-regime-targets-journalists-with-gestapo-like-intimidation-says-ai/ Tuesday, 8 Sep 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 8 Sep 2009 Global concerns over human rights abuses in Fiji are mounting following a damning new report by Amnesty International’s Pacific research team. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/global-concerns-over-fiji-human-rights-abuses-fueled-by-new-amnesty-report/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/global-concerns-over-fiji-human-rights-abuses-fueled-by-new-amnesty-report/ Tuesday, 8 Sep 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 8 Sep 2009 A New Zealand group supporting political reform in Tonga has harshly criticised Tongan Attorney-General John Cauchi for claiming on the Matangi Tonga online news site last week that Tongans cannot tell fact from opinion when reading the news. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/tongan-ags-media-comments-foolish-insulting-says-nz-group/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/tongan-ags-media-comments-foolish-insulting-says-nz-group/ Tuesday, 8 Sep 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 7 Sep 2009 Up to 300,000 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians are still being held in government-run “displaced persons camps” more than four months after the country’s 26-year civil war ended in May. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/%e2%80%98unlock-the-camps%e2%80%99-call-by-post-war-tamil-protesters/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/09/%e2%80%98unlock-the-camps%e2%80%99-call-by-post-war-tamil-protesters/ Monday, 7 Sep 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 29 Aug 2009 Jailed for a year for his role in leading a strike against New Caledonia’s airline, union leader Gérard Jodar has condemned the “terrible” prison conditions in Noumea’s notorious Camp Est prison. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/jailed-union-leader-calls-for-probe-into-%e2%80%98terrible%e2%80%99-prison-conditions-for-kanaks/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/jailed-union-leader-calls-for-probe-into-%e2%80%98terrible%e2%80%99-prison-conditions-for-kanaks/ Saturday, 29 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 28 Aug 2009 Hopes are high that Pacific Scoop will open up a window on the region with its New Zealand and global audience, says the co-founder of Scoop. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/pacific-scoop-opens-up-regional-window-and-boosts-global-coverage-says-scoop-founder/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/pacific-scoop-opens-up-regional-window-and-boosts-global-coverage-says-scoop-founder/ Friday, 28 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 28 Aug 2009 A Burmese journalist’s reflections on the Māori Expo - The Māori Expo was impressive for its colour and performances - a new experience for me. The Māori colours of red, black and white were particularly prominent... http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/maori-expo-vibrant-experience-but-pity-about-the-military/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/maori-expo-vibrant-experience-but-pity-about-the-military/ Friday, 28 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 27 Aug 2009 “If a Native American, born on a reservation, can become an astronaut, a kid from Kaikohe can be president of the United States,” Maori Party MP Hone Harawira told audiences at a political issues seminar at the Māori Expo in Auckland today. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/follow-an-astronaut-and-reach-for-the-stars-harawira-tells-maori-youth/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/follow-an-astronaut-and-reach-for-the-stars-harawira-tells-maori-youth/ Thursday, 27 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 27 Aug 2009 The atmosphere was relaxed with the jokes flying at a forum for tangata whenua ministers and MPs at the AUT Māori Expo today. A packed bistro at the Vector Arena listened attentively to the sparring politicians. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/sparring-mps-in-lively-debate-at-maori-expo/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/sparring-mps-in-lively-debate-at-maori-expo/ Thursday, 27 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ Pacific Scoop: 27 Aug 2009 A New Zealand-based Burmese monk has spoken out in support of a new call for Buddhist monks to boycott military officials and their families across Burma in a protest over human rights abuses. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/nz-based-monk-speaks-out-in-support-of-renewed-burmese-protest/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/nz-based-monk-speaks-out-in-support-of-renewed-burmese-protest/ Thursday, 27 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 26 Aug 2009 The independent news website Scoop is hosting a new Pacific online media service being launched at AUT University’s Māori Expo in Auckland tomorrow. Pacific Scoop is a partnership between Scoop Media and AUT's Pacific Media Centre. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/scoop-and-pacific-media-centre-launch-new-independent-regional-news-site/ http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/scoop-and-pacific-media-centre-launch-new-independent-regional-news-site/ Wednesday, 26 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 20 Aug 2009 NUKU’ALOFA: Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto’a Lavaka has tried to bring closure to Tonga’s worst marine tragedy by asking those who have been rescued and the families of the 72 people still missing “to remember and to celebrate . . . life.” http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/08/crown-prince-calls-for-closure-on.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/08/crown-prince-calls-for-closure-on.html Thursday, 20 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 19 Aug 2009 Women’s advocacy groups in the Pacific have welcomed a move to stop sexual violence towards women in conflict situations, but say it needs be implemented in conjunction with an earlier resolution. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/08/pacific-women-cautiously-welcome-un.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/08/pacific-women-cautiously-welcome-un.html Wednesday, 19 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ TNews: 19 Aug 2009 A TNEWS special report reviewing the Princess Ashika disaster with a live studio audience. Pro-democracy movement leader and MP ‘Akilisi Pohiva - who described the tragedy as "manslaughter by neglect" - and ‘Uliti Uata in Tonga discuss the aftermath and give the studio audience a chance to ask questions. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/08/reflections-on-princess-ashika-disaster.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/08/reflections-on-princess-ashika-disaster.html Wednesday, 19 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Centre/ The Philippine Star: 16 Aug 2009 Some Manila communities are taking the matter into their own hands in the daily struggle for water. They are forming water cooperatives in a bid to survive. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/08/manila-folk-tackle-water-woes-in.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/08/manila-folk-tackle-water-woes-in.html Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Watch/ Matangi Tonga: 9 Aug 2009 Niuean policewoman Sisiliah Puleheloto was working in the Solomons with the RAMSI police force. She is one of two people confirmed drowned in the Princess Ashika tragedy in Tongan waters. The ferry capsized last Wednesday carrying 141 passengers - 93 people are still missing. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/08/tongan-tragedy-niuean-policewoman-gave.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/08/tongan-tragedy-niuean-policewoman-gave.html Sunday, 9 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Watch/ Matangi Tonga: 5 Aug 2009 The Suva-based Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) continues to struggle to establish itself as a champion of media freedom in the Pacific Islands. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/08/pina-summit-fails-to-stand-up-for-media.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/08/pina-summit-fails-to-stand-up-for-media.html Wednesday, 5 Aug 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 5 July 2009 A pioneering new Pacific studies programme at Tonga’s ‘Atenisi University is set to change the way Tongan and Pacific history has been written, while embracing the institute’s classical philosophy. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-pacific-programme-to-challenge.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-pacific-programme-to-challenge.htmll Sunday, 5 Jul 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 3 July 2009 A New Zealand-based Pacific radio network has moved to defuse a controversy over a Fijian-language interview critical of the Methodist Church and alleged involvement of some leading clergy in past coups. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/07/pacific-radio-defends-action-over.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/07/pacific-radio-defends-action-over.html Friday, 3 Jul 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 24 June 2009 Publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala led an intimate and spirited philosophical public discussion last night on what it means to be Tongan with a sense of place in the world. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/moala-explores-tongan-democracy-and.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/moala-explores-tongan-democracy-and.html Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 24 June 2009 Tongan Advisory Council chairman Melino Maka has criticised New Zealand’s mainstream media for “missing the point” in coverage of an alleged visa scam on Pacific Islanders. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/nz-media-misses-point-in-visa-scam-says.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/nz-media-misses-point-in-visa-scam-says.html Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 22 June 2009 Tributes flowed as families, friends and colleagues gathered in Auckland to say goodbye to the man they called “Papa Ron”, before his final journey home to the Cook Islands today. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/tributes-farewell-father-of-pacific.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/tributes-farewell-father-of-pacific.html Monday, 22 Jun 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 19 June 2009 Two Pacific Island nations – Fiji and Papua New Guinea – have been ranked among the least active countries in combating human trafficking abuses such as forced labour, bonded labour, sexual exploitation and child labour. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/two-pacific-nations-criticised-in-human.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/two-pacific-nations-criticised-in-human.html Friday, 19 Jun 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 18 June 2009 Six international academics have been inducted as fellows of Tonga’s ‘Atenisi University, the only leading tertiary institute in the South Pacific independent of both government and religious influence, in a four-day celebration honouring the life and achievements of founder and philosopher Professor Futa Helu. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/atenisi-university-inducts-six-fellows.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/atenisi-university-inducts-six-fellows.html Thursday, 18 Jun 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 7 June 2009 Challenge (noun): a task or request requiring special effort. If ever there was a word used to describe the task facing our broadcasters in the coming decade, it would be this, if last week’s ethnic diversity broadcasting forum is anything to go by. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/broadcasters-writers-face-up-to-nz.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/broadcasters-writers-face-up-to-nz.html Sunday, 7 Jun 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 7 June 2009 TTonga’s Constitutional and Electoral Commission (CEC) has released its first progress report to the public since being set up in January. The CEC had conducted a series of public forums on Tonga’s main island districts to gather public opinion about the political reforms planned for 2010. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/tongans-worry-about-land-administration.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/tongans-worry-about-land-administration.html Sunday, 7 Jun 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 7 June 2009 In Samoa working on her Masters thesis, Luana, loved daughter of parents Adria and Adolf Arp and Gavin and Miti Cobcroft, was farewelled this afternoon by family and friends at the Anglican Church, Malifa. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/farewell-luana-your-dreams-will-live-on.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/farewell-luana-your-dreams-will-live-on.html Sunday, 7 Jun 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 4 June 2009 The New Zealand media is expected to tackle some major changes over their audience base within the next 20 years due to a population transformation, says a leading demographer. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/nz-media-faces-new-challenge-over-aging.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/nz-media-faces-new-challenge-over-aging.html Thursday, 4 Jun 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 4 June 2009 Ethnic communities need to break into the mainstream media by telling inclusive stories and giving the message that Pacific people are part of New Zealand, says a leading television producer. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/pacific-beat-producer-calls-on-ethnic.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/pacific-beat-producer-calls-on-ethnic.html Thursday, 4 Jun 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 2 June 2009 New Zealand's Race Relations Commissioner, Joris de Bres, has awarded Pacific Journalism Review a citation in recognition of its latest edition dedicated to the theme of 'diversity and identity'. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/pjr-praised-for-diversity-edition.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/06/pjr-praised-for-diversity-edition.html Tuesday, 2 Jun 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 31 May 2009 Wanted: More interpreters – especially Pasifika - for the Manukau SuperClinic, which is catering for a district more culturally diverse than any other in New Zealand. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/demand-for-pasifika-interpreters-hard.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/demand-for-pasifika-interpreters-hard.html Sunday, 31 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 27 May 2009 Risking your life is a given when reporting in and around Burma, says the Pacific Media Centre’s first Asian journalism fellow. A moving seminar and film screening held by the centre at AUT University this week documented the perils of being a dissident Burmese journalist. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/fiji-media-risks-ending-up-like-chinese.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/fiji-media-risks-ending-up-like-chinese.html Wednesday, 27 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 25 May 2009 Chinese language media in New Zealand relies heavily on free content from mainland China's media and is “importing the propaganda line to Chinese-language discourse in New Zealand”. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/fiji-media-risks-ending-up-like-chinese.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/fiji-media-risks-ending-up-like-chinese.html Monday, 25 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 23 May 2009 Amnesty International is gearing up to launch a “demand dignity” campaign with a focus on human rights and poverty in the Pacific region. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/amnesty-to-engage-pacific-media-in.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/amnesty-to-engage-pacific-media-in.html Saturday, 23 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 23 May 2009 China Daily has held its very first cooking classes for foreigners. Lessons in preparing traditional Chinese cuisine were offered at the Yosemite village in Shunyi district, Beijing. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/cooking-chinese-dishes-for-dummies.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/cooking-chinese-dishes-for-dummies.html Saturday, 23 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 23 May 2009 Outspoken Labour MP Maryann Street has vowed to initiate a motion in New Zealand’s Parliament calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all Burmese political prisoners, saying it was a responsibility of parliamentarians to “add our voices” to the international clamour. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/mp-vows-to-seek-parliamentary-support.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/mp-vows-to-seek-parliamentary-support.html Saturday, 23 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 23 May 2009 The news media had had little access to civilians in the dying stages of Sri Lanka's civil war which ended this month. This made media dependent on sourcing details from aid organisations. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/tensions-face-media-and-aid-workers-in.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/tensions-face-media-and-aid-workers-in.html Saturday, 23 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 20 May 2009 The Pacific’s newest media watch group wrapped up its inaugural forum in Samoa earlier this month, but has vowed that it will not be challenging the long-established Pacific Islands News Association over press freedom issues. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-pacific-media-freedom-group-plugs.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-pacific-media-freedom-group-plugs.html Wednesday, 20 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 19 May 2009 New Zealand and Australia may be considering a softer approach to free trade negotiations after recent Pacific discussions in Auckland and Vanuatu amid criticisms of being rushed into an agreement and “bullying”. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/commentators-warn-on-down-side-over.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/commentators-warn-on-down-side-over.html Tuesday, 19 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 17 May 2009 Tagata Pasifika reporter Aaron Taouma (pictured) has stepped down from his post of interim chair of the New Zealand-based Pacific Islands Media Association (PIMA). http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/pima-chair-resigns-over-pacific-media.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/pima-chair-resigns-over-pacific-media.html Sunday, 17 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 17 May 2009 It has been a popular TV programme in Fiji since the mid-1990s. But what values and ideas do Fijians and Indo-Fijians take from Shortland Street? http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/shortland-street-in-another-culture.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/shortland-street-in-another-culture.html Sunday, 17 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 15 May 2009 Do you know who your regional broadcaster is? Did you even know you had one, just a dial-twirl away? More importantly, do you care if they are there? http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/digital-revolution-stretches-community.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/digital-revolution-stretches-community.html Friday, 15 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 14 May 2009 A unique new Pacific-focused journalism course is scheduled for opening next year to address a shortage of Pasifika journalists in the media industry and to help provide more cutting-edge reporting in the region. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-pacific-journalism-course-to-boost.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-pacific-journalism-course-to-boost.html Thursday, 14 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 13 May 2009 Censorship and the assault on human rights and freedom of expression in Fiji are featured in the latest edition of Pacific Journalism Review. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/pjr-targets-fiji-censorship-cross.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/pjr-targets-fiji-censorship-cross.html Wednesday, 13 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 12 May 2009 A Korean community newspaper publisher says his readers are not yet ready to talk about their issues and problems openly in the media. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/korean-publisher-tells-of-community.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/korean-publisher-tells-of-community.html Tuesday, 12 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 12 May 2009 As the New Zealand government continues its review into the stalled emissions trading scheme, the nation’s vague climate policy doesn’t look good for some of the most vulnerable countries facing the effects of climate change – the Pacific Islands. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/stalled-climate-change-policy-hits.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/stalled-climate-change-policy-hits.html Tuesday, 12 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 11 May 2009 A neglect of perspective and lack of historical perspective in reporting Fiji’s “coup culture” means New Zealand media coverage of the Pacific country lacks insight and balance, say critics. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/commentators-condemn-nzs-policies-on.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/commentators-condemn-nzs-policies-on.html Monday, 11 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 10 May 2009 It is difficult to put thoughts into words when you know that everything you say has the potential to be a threat to the very existence of 180 people with whom you work and close to 1000 who depend on them for a living. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/courage-under-fire-fiji-experience.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/courage-under-fire-fiji-experience.html Sunday, 10 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 9 May 2009 Veteran champions of a free Pacific media spoke out strongly in defence of an uncompromising public watchdog role of the region's news organisations at an Article 19 seminar in Samoa this week. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/veteran-media-freedom-champions-speak.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/veteran-media-freedom-champions-speak.html Saturday, 11 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 4 May 2009 World Press Freedom day was celebrated around the globe this weekend while one of New Zealand's top reporters has been fending off a nasty smear campaign over a controversial report about gangs and guns in Samoa. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/pacific-reporter-fights-off-smear.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/pacific-reporter-fights-off-smear.html Monday, 4 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 4 May 2009 Amnesty International’s New Zealand section is stepping up a new strategy focused on grave abuses of human rights in the Pacific. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/amnesty-boosts-pacific-human-rights.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/amnesty-boosts-pacific-human-rights.html Monday, 4 May 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 4 May 2009 The acting director of the Friendly Island Human Rights and Democracy Movement and former publisher of Kele’a, Siosiua Po’oi Pohiva, has defended the newspaper’s policy of leaving out bylines in its stories. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/kelea-defends-no-bylines-policy.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/kelea-defends-no-bylines-policy.html Monday, 4 May 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 3 May 2009 Fiji and Tonga have the least free media among the Pacific Island states, according to Freedom House’s just released 2009 annual report on global press freedom. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/fiji-tonga-media-least-free-in-pacific.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/fiji-tonga-media-least-free-in-pacific.html Sunday, 3 May 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 2 May 2009 As World Media Freedom Day marks a strengthened drive towards free speech and a free press in the Pacific, some media editors in Tonga are more concerned with the alleged abuse of these rights. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/tongan-defamation-ruling-wake-up-call.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/tongan-defamation-ruling-wake-up-call.html Saturday, 2 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 2 May 2009 Media organisations and newspapers worldwide are ready to mark World Media Freedom Day tomorrow - but this important day has been censored in Fiji because of the military regime’s decree banning media and political meetings. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/fiji-martial-law-wipes-out-media.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/fiji-martial-law-wipes-out-media.html Saturday, 2 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 1 May 2009 A media freedom strategic planning workshop due this week in Fiji and climaxing with a World Media Freedom Day event in Suva on Sunday, May 3, has ended up exile. It has been moved to Samoa next week - censorship by Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama's regime is to blame. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/target-fiji-in-samoa-how-to-beat.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/05/target-fiji-in-samoa-how-to-beat.html Friday, 1 May 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 28 April 2009 A regional media event aimed at boosting Pacific journalism's capacity to face challenges to media freedom has been switched to Apia, Samoa, next week. Journalists from around the region will gather for the conference. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/courage-under-fire-workshop-moves-to.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/courage-under-fire-workshop-moves-to.html Tuesday, 28 Apr 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 26 April 2009 Reeling from four coups in two decades, journalists in the Pacific nation of Fiji bravely contesting draconian pressure from a military government are now taking no chances. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/sulu-censors-stifle-fiji-news-media-in.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/sulu-censors-stifle-fiji-news-media-in.html Sunday, 26 Apr 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 26 April 2009 Fijians keeping up with political developments since the media clampdown by Voreqe Bainimarama's military regime this month are turning to a growing band of internet blogs. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/blogs-rule-as-fiji-regime-cracks-down.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/blogs-rule-as-fiji-regime-cracks-down.html Sunday, 26 Apr 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 24 April 2009 REVIEW: A dramatic film exposing the struggle of underground Burmese video journalists who chronicled the monk-led Saffron Revolution has featured in this month’s New Zealand world cinema showcase. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/underground-vjs-expose-burmese-horror.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/underground-vjs-expose-burmese-horror.html Friday, 24 Apr 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 20 April 2009 Many believe that coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama’s intentions are good and are in opposition to the aims of the previous indigenous supremacy coups. Some think he is power-hungry but others say that he needs time to carry out the necessary reforms and set in place a new non-racial vision for Fiji. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/fiji-crisis-behind-headlines.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/fiji-crisis-behind-headlines.html Mon, 20 Apr 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 18 April 2009 Australian and New Zealand policies over Fiji have backfired and both countries will need to tread carefully from now on, says Pacific Media Centre director David Robie. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/australian-nz-policies-on-fiji-have.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/australian-nz-policies-on-fiji-have.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 17 April 2009 As Fiji’s political crisis unfolds under intense international scrutiny, some critics say the media furore is overlooking some key issues. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/media-not-telling-full-story-says.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/media-not-telling-full-story-says.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 16 April 2009 Media7 takes a look at the Easter gagging of the Fiji news media. featuring Pacific Media Centre's David Robie, TVNZ's Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver and former Fiji Daily Post publisher Thakur Ranjit Singh. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/pmc-on-media7s-censorship-in-fiji.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/pmc-on-media7s-censorship-in-fiji.html Thurs, 16 Apr 2009 Pacific Media Centre: 16 April 2009 Authorities in Fiji are removing articles from news websites under emergency rules imposed after a court declared the military-backed government illegal. These actions represent a concerted effort by the government to block access to information in a time of political crisis, the International Press Institute said today. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/ipi-deplores-fiji-crackdown-on-media.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/ipi-deplores-fiji-crackdown-on-media.html Thurs, 16 Apr 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 14 April 2009 Fiji's military regime has faced fierce criticism from its regional neighbours and international free press advocacy groups over its draconian gag on news media. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/fiji-regime-faces-fierce-condemnation.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/fiji-regime-faces-fierce-condemnation.html Tues, 14 Apr 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 13 April 2009 Fiji remains calm days after its President has abrogated the constitution, promulgated emergency regulations, and reinstated the 2006 coup leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, as the interim Prime Minister. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/fiji-crackdown-on-media-but-calm.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/fiji-crackdown-on-media-but-calm.html Mon, 13 Apr 2009 Pacific Media Watch: 12 April 2009 The Pacific Media Centre has condemned the Fiji regime's 'ruthless censorship' of news organisations and called for an end to intimidation. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/pmc-condemns-ruthless-censorship-in.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/04/pmc-condemns-ruthless-censorship-in.html Sun, 12 Apr 2009 Publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala's new book on key development and social issues facing the kingdom of Tonga and its diasporic communities in Australia, New Zealand and the United States will be launched in Auckland next week. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/03/kalafi-moala-probes-black-thursday-in.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/03/kalafi-moala-probes-black-thursday-in.html Tues, 10 Mar 2009 Two Asian journalists – from Burma and China – have been welcomed at AUT's Pacific Media Centre on exchange and a study scholarship. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/03/pmc-welcomes-asian-media-pair-for.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/03/pmc-welcomes-asian-media-pair-for.html Thurs, 5 Mar 2009 More tham 80 journalists, media educators, lawyers and NGO advocates have signed an open protest letter in support of East Timor's Tempo Semanal editor Jose Belo in his controversial criminal libel case. http://cafepacific.blogspot.com/2009/02/journos-media-educators-rally-behind.html http://cafepacific.blogspot.com/2009/02/journos-media-educators-rally-behind.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 Media7 presenter Russell Brown talks to PMC director Dr David Robie, TVNZ's Barbara Dreaver and Radio Tarana's Robert Khan on press freedom and post-coup politics in Fiji. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/02/another-side-to-fiji-coup-and-media.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/02/another-side-to-fiji-coup-and-media.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 An important journalism primer that has trained many Pacific journalists has finally migrated online, ensuring it a wider audience and a longer life. Review by Julie Middleton. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat.shtml Sun, 1 Feb 2009 "Fight on", says Fiji Times publisher Rex Gardner in farewell message to his newspaper in a call to challenge the Bainimarama regime over freedom of information. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat.shtml Wed, 28 Jan 2009 The Fiji Times has made it clear in its editorial over the contempt High Court judgment that while the law must be upheld, it will continue to fight for free speech in post-coup Fiji. David Robie's blog comments. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat.shtml Fri, 23 Jan 2009 Pacific journalists are angry over the cowardly weekend assault on Vanuatu publisher Marc Neil-Jones - allegedly by prison officers incensed over an embarrassing news story. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat.shtml Mon, 19 Jan 2009 James Murray's new TV3 blog looks at the intense media coverage of the Fiji flooding and other stories and considers how well the media has been reporting the Pacific region. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat.shtml Mon, 19 Jan 2009 Over the next few weeks, the Fiji media industry and its audience around the country (and indeed the world) will discover what sort of regulatory climate the interim regime wants them to operate under. Sophie Foster reviews the Fiji media. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081205_fijimediacouncil.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081205_fijimediacouncil.shtml Tues, 5 Dec 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A Tongan couple, Niulala and ‘Asena Helu, are set to begin work on two pioneering projects in Pacific and media education in Tonga next month. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081202_AtenisiTV.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081202_AtenisiTV.shtml Tues, 2 Dec 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Six graduating AUT University students have won Asia Pacific internship scholarships for 2009 funded by the Asia NZ Foundation and organised by the Pacific Media Centre. Three are going to Jakarta, two to Beijing and one to Manila. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/2008/081129_globaljournos08.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/2008/081129_globaljournos08.shtml Fri, 26 Nov 2008 12:20:54 +1200 There is little love lost between former NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark and Fiji's Interim Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama. Relations between the once friendly neighbours descended to an all time low, writes Thakur Ranjit Singh. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/081126_Curse-Singh.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/081126_Curse-Singh.shtml Fri, 26 Nov 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Sina Moore is the latest casualty of New Zealand's controversial pan-Pacific radio network restructuring and has stepped down as chief executive. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081114_NiuFM.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081114_NiuFM.shtml Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Qiane Corfield-Matata packed her laptop and her camera and spent eight days with the Aotearoa delegation at the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts in American Samoa. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081101_samoa.pdf http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081101_samoa.pdf Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Journalists need to remain vigilant about media manipulation and to defend press freedom – or risk losing it, warns an investigative journalist working on a new book about East Timor. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081106_StayVigilant.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081106_StayVigilant.shtml Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Sadly, only a handful of books (and a few decent journals) deal specifically and in depth with communication and journalism practice in the Pacific Islands. With such a gap in the literature, Regional Perspectives, Local Issues is a welcome addition for students and practitioners in the region. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081104_bookreview.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081104_bookreview.shtml Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A panel of media commentators last night cautiously welcomed the Labour-led government's backing for a Pasifika television channel and gave the thumbs down to the opposition National Party's attempt to woo Pacific voters. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081031_PacificTV.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081031_PacificTV.shtml Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 I’m a very scary thing – a journalist with a background in education. It’s a scary thing because there is a lot of nonsense in newspapers and magazines, a lot of teacher-dissing, NCEA-bashing and very little real analysis of what folk are really talking about when they talk about a good education. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/081029_Bpoverty3.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/081029_Bpoverty3.shtml Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Natasha Burling profiles Tamaki Labour candidate Josephine Bartley and her lifelong struggle to make a difference for Pacific families and community. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081029_Bartley.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081029_Bartley.shtml Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Most of the files seized as part of recent investigations in French Polynesia could be made available to a judge based in Pape'ete who is currently investigating possible links between this French Pacific territory and former French President Jacques Chirac, as well as alleged bank accounts in Japan. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081022_secretfiles.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081022_secretfiles.shtml Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Political blogging and digital technology’s impact on television war reporting are featured in the latest edition of Pacific Journalism Review launched in Sydney at the weekend with a collection of Public Right to Know media research papers. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081020_pjr.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/081020_pjr.shtml Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Twin challenges of diversifying and scarce funding were raised by the Naked Samoans and the Kila Kokonut Krew at last Friday’s Pasifika media fono. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081015_PIMAactors.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081015_PIMAactors.shtml Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Leading Pasifika journalists have predicted a major shift in the structure and style of Pacific media to grapple with new media trends and communications technology. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081013_PIMAmakeover.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081013_PIMAmakeover.shtml Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Several projects announced at the Pasifika media fono at AUT University last Friday - including a new Graduate Diploma in Pacific Journalism - will benefit Pacific Islanders who wish to study media or work in the industry. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081014_PIMApacstudies.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081014_PIMApacstudies.shtml Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Print media is dying and publishers need to reinvent and redefine a new product for the readership of today, says Taimi ‘o Tonga publisher Kalafi Moala. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081013_AUDIOrethink-print.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081013_AUDIOrethink-print.shtml Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 If a theme of Friday’s Pacific media fono was “paddling the vaka”, then South Auckland’s Pasifika arts and culture canoe is way out in front and setting the pace. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081012_PIMAmanukauarts.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081012_PIMAmanukauarts.shtml Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A Zambia-born postgraduate student gives her impressions of the Pacific Islands Media Association fono at AUT University. Television New Zealands Pacific affairs correspondent Barbara Dreaver believes every story is an issue. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081010_PIMAimpressions.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081010_PIMAimpressions.shtml Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Tongan broadcaster and community development personality Will 'Ilolahia sprang a surprise at the Pasifika media fono today with an announcement that a new Pacific television channel would be on the internet by next month. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081010_PIMApacifictv.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081010_PIMApacifictv.shtml Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Professionalism and objectivity is the name of the game if one wants to break into mainstream media, say leading Pacific journalists. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081010_PIMAfinelines.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081010_PIMAfinelines.shtml Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 One News producer Tati Urale has challenged young Pasifika journalists to “aim high” and succeed in mainstream media. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081010_PIMAmainstream.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081010_PIMAmainstream.shtml Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Support for Pasifika, Maori and diversity media education will be given a big boost with the launch of a new dedicated journalism programme at AUT University. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081010_PIMAgdpj.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081010_PIMAgdpj.shtml Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A "mainstreaming" panel featuring TVNZ Breakfast host Pippa Wetzell and Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver and a line-up of top Pasifika media industry people discussing the future are expected to be among the highlights of the Pacific Islands Media Association (PIMA) annual fono at AUT University on Friday. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081009_PIMAprog.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081009_PIMAprog.shtml Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 What we are witnessing now is not the normal ethnically bipolar political contestation between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians, a scenario we are used to and bored to death with, but a multi-dimensional political vortex with intersecting fault lines, never seen in Fiji’s history. Comment by Dr Steven Ratuva. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/081003_Fiji-Ratuva.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/081003_Fiji-Ratuva.shtml Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Calls for more collaboration among Pasifika practitioners and a stronger “Pacific perspective” in the media are part of the buzz as the Pacific Islands Media Association (PIMA) gears up for its annual conference at AUT University this Friday. Kalafi Moala, publisher of Taimi 'o Tonga, says the future of Pacific Islands media depends islanders telling stories from their own perspective. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081007_kalafi.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081007_kalafi.shtml Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Pacific media is moving to a new level with more diversification and younger people entering the industry, says Aaron Taouma, chair of the Pacific Islands Media Association. PIMA is shaping up for it annual conference next week. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081003_PIMApima.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/081003_PIMApima.shtml Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Tongans gathered at the University of Auckland’s Fale Pasifika to celebrate the launching of a new book by Professor ‘Ilaisa Futa Helu, including compositions by the late Queen Salote. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080927_Atenisi.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080927_Atenisi.shtml Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Foreign correspondents would do well to recognise the risks of working in unfamiliar settings. Friday night’s seminar hosted by the Pacific Media Centre reminded the audience that certain rights and privileges enjoyed by media people in New Zealand cannot be taken for granted elsewhere. Josephine Latu reports. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080927_doco.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080927_doco.shtml Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Four decades of separatist conflict that led to the recent controversial kidnapping of one of the leading journalists in the Philippines and two cameramen had its roots in marginalisation of many Muslim people and injustice, says Del Abcede of the Philippine Migrant Centre. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080926_kidnap.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080926_kidnap.shtml Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 SUVA: Senior journalists who knew and worked with former Fiji Times editor Vijendra Kumar went down memory lane when he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Fiji Awards for Media Excellence (FAME) at the weekend. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080925_Kumar.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080925_Kumar.shtml Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 The University of the South Pacific’s journalism division won the best student journalist award at this year’s Fiji Awards for Media Excellence (FAME) at the weekend with an environmental investigation for the second year running. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080923_USP-FAME.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080923_USP-FAME.shtml Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Two AUT University masters communication students – from Tonga and Zimbabwe – have joined New Zealand’s Pacific Media Centre this semester. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080922_MastersStudents.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080922_MastersStudents.shtml Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 "My guess is there would be only a handful of working journalists in New Zealand who are aware that ‘development journalism’ is a genre in its own right. And until I was invited to review Media & Development, I was not among them." Review by Jeremy Rose. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080922_Review-MediaDev.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080922_Review-MediaDev.shtml Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 It is, perhaps, a case of ‘better late than never’ as Sir Michael Somare has finally seen the plight of the people of Papua New Guinea and set up a television public broadcaster. Hopefully, writes Malum Nalu, this will create a strong local film industry in the twilight of the prime minister’s political career. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080918_PNGFiji.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080918_PNGFiji.shtml Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 If the media’s fighting spirit and the defenders of rule of law spirit had been consistent and fair, then perhaps Fiji may have been spared from its current misery, writes Thakur Ranjit Singh. If the judiciary was allowed to operate freely without government interference then perhaps the military takeover of December 2006 may have been avoided. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080917_Fiji-Singh.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080917_Fiji-Singh.shtml Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 British foreign correspondent Robert Fisk talks about the code and ethos of American soldiers to New Zealand journalists, journalism students and civil society advocates at a Pacific Media Centre seminar at AUT University, Auckland. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/080911_VIDEO-Fisk.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/080911_VIDEO-Fisk.shtml Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Why is Robert Fisk so hacked off with the way much of the Western media portrays the Middle East conflicts? Katie Llanos-Small interviews an author who has reported three decades of horror and injustice to find some answers. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/090909_Fisk-Small.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/090909_Fisk-Small.shtml Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 British journalist Robert Fisk, a champion of exposing injustice in the Middle East, will speak to student journalists and the public about geopolitics and the media at a luncheon conference at AUT University hosted by the Pacific Media Centre today. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080909_Fisk.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080909_Fisk.shtml Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A new “pan-Pacific” newspaper covering positive Pasifika community news is expected to hit stores and churches around Auckland this weekend. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080904_pacificpaper.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080904_pacificpaper.shtml Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres launches two new Pacific media books – Media and Development and South Pacific Islands Communication, published by the Pacific Media Centre. Radio journalism students Melissa Fidow and Natasha Greer report on the Media Diversity Forum on the AUT University marae on 25 August 2008. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/080829_AUDIObooklaunch.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/080829_AUDIObooklaunch.shtml Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Radio journalism student Melissa Fidow and Natasha Greer report on the Media Diversity Forum on the AUT University marae on 25 August 2008. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/080829_AUDIOdiversity.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/080829_AUDIOdiversity.shtml Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Asia Downunder attracts more viewers than TV3’s Sunrise, a far cry from a time when Asian stories only made the news if “there was a body found floating in the harbour”, says the show’s senior journalist. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080828_AsiaDownunder.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080828_AsiaDownunder.shtml Thu, 29 Aug 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Media inclusion of all nationalities living in Auckland and “doing the right story” is critical to accurate journalism, says associate dean Arlene Morgan of the Columbia School of Journalism. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080826_diversityRightStory.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080826_diversityRightStory.shtml Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:20:54 +1200 New Zealand media must move with the times and “have a conversation” with the Pacific Islands, says Tagata Pasifika executive producer Taualeo’o Stephen Stehlin. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080826_diversityStehlin.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080826_diversityStehlin.shtml Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Two new Pacific media books launched today at the AUT University marae are courageous undertakings in a neglected arena, says Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080826_pacificbooks.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080826_pacificbooks.shtml Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A Western Saharan diplomat has condemned New Zealand’s purchases of the territory’s fertilisers from Morocco. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080822_sahara.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080822_sahara.shtml Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:20:54 +1200 One of the leading mentors of media diversity journalism from the United States, Arlene Morgan, will join a team of Māori, Pasifika and ethnic journalists and editors for a Media Diversity Forum at AUT University’s marae on Monday. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080820_diversityforum.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080820_diversityforum.shtml Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:20:54 +1200 New Zealanders have paid more than $500 million for their part in a spy network run by the US National Security Agency, says Anti-Bases Coalition campaigner Bob Leonard. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080808_waihopai.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080808_waihopai.shtml Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Anti-military bases campaigner Cora Fabros talks to Ali Bell about the devastating social impact US military and spy bases, she talked to Ali Bell for the Pacific Media Centre about the social effects on women and children of almost a century of US military presence in the Philippines. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080806_BCora.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080806_BCora.shtml Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Journalists and media educators gathered for Asia-Pacific's biggest communications conference in Manila, Philippines, and found the Millennium Development Goals needed a big boost from news groups. Former president Fidel Ramos was among the speakers. . http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080804_PHOTOamic08.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080804_PHOTOamic08.shtml Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:20:54 +1200 The Fiji media are resisting yet another attempt by a post-coup government to restrict press freedom through legislation. Military strongman Commodore Frank Bainimarama's proposed legislation seeks to establish an independent tribunal to hear appeals on complaints lodged with the Fiji Media Council. But, as Shailendra Singh reports, there has been a history of failed attempts by both elected and military-backed governments to clamp down on the media. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080801_Fijipressure.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080801_Fijipressure.shtml Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Tomorrow is coronation day in Nuku’alofa. Kalafi Moala, publisher of Taimi 'o Tonga, replies to a flawed Independent article on July 22 by Kathy Marks on the fate of the Tongan monarchy - "The last king of Tonga?". http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080731_parachute.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080731_parachute.shtml Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A former Solomon Star editor has provided a rare insight into the political pressures facing news media at the height of the 1998-2003 ethnic war in the Solomon Islands and has called for more conflict and peace reporting training for Pacific journalists in a new book just published by the Pacific Media Centre. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080728_AMICbook.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080728_AMICbook.shtml Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:20:54 +1200 New Caledonia's lagoons and reef ecosystems have been added to the UNESCO world heritage list - in the natural environment category, the United Nations Education Science and Culture organisation has confirmed. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080709_coralreefs.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080709_coralreefs.shtml Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:20:54 +1200 The News Manual, a three-volume book published at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1991, has been relaunched as an online resource to help young people entering the profession and support mid-career journalists wanting to improve their skills. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080702_NewsManual.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080702_NewsManual.shtml Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:20:54 +1200 It is a tough time being a Pacific journalist with big challenges covering bad governance, graft and corruption today, say the editors of a new media book being published in Fiji and New Zealand. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080701_Fiji.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080701_Fiji.shtml Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:20:54 +1200 I was musing on Ponsonby Rd recently, and looked up, the way you do, at a billboard. The billboard said: “Advertising agency seeks: secretaries. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080701_Bwomengays.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080701_Bwomengays.shtml Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:20:54 +1200 French senator Gaston Flosse says he will file a defamation case against a documentary on France 3 TV he says accuses him of "the most abominable acts" relating to the disappearance in 1997 of Tahiti journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080626_Flosse.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080626_Flosse.shtml Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Pacific journalists shouldn't get too bogged down with medical jargon, taboo barriers and the hurdles of gathering information when covering health issues in the region, say two contributors to a new media book published in Fiji today. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080623_PacMediaBk.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080623_PacMediaBk.shtml Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 It was not long ago when Pacific migrants had to adjust to a new culture when they arrived in New Zealand. Now they are passing on their experience to refugees in the greater Auckland region. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080620_refugees.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080620_refugees.shtml Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Yvonne Sargayoos is getting a taste of Pasifika as a student journalist at the Pacific Media Centre this week – and she hopes this will help provide a ticket to a career in international reporting. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080619_Yvonne.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080619_Yvonne.shtml Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Leadership and management skills have propelled Pauline Winter to success in business, says the director for AUT University’s Office of Pasifika Advancement. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080619_PWinter.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080619_PWinter.shtml Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 South Auckland community leaders are hurt and offended by the controversial "Clydesdale report" findings on Pacific migration but agree it is time to move on and tackle the challenges it has presented, reports Finbarr Bunting. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080618_Clydesdale.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080618_Clydesdale.shtml Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Clashes in New Caledonia persist over nickel mining and coral reefs as indigenous Kanaks campaign for customary authorities to have more say in decision-making over resource development, says an environmental campaigner. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080617_reefs.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080617_reefs.shtml Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Parachute journalism is inevitable, says Scoop.co.nz co-editor Selwyn Manning. However, he believes AUT University’s unique new Pacific Media Watch database may help provide more depth to covering Asia-Pacific issues. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080612_parachute.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080612_parachute.shtml Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Disputed reports of military sweeps in West Papua have cast a spotlight on the Indonesian government’s restrictions on media in the area, reports James Murray. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080612_WPmedia.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080612_WPmedia.shtml Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Papua New Guinea has been advocating cash incentives for developing countries to stop harvesting their rainforests. But, reports Carly Tawhiao, a new report criticising forest management may jeopardise PNG’s role in the “carbon economy”. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080612_PNG.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080612_PNG.shtml Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Hillary Clinton’s sidelining for the Democratic Party nomination for the US presidential election is a disappointment for many American Samoans. Finbarr Bunting examines the issues. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080611_Obama.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080611_Obama.shtml Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 The tide of Burmese refugees fleeing into Thailand shows no signs of slowing. Those able to resettle in New Zealand are grateful for the opportunity, but for many life on the border is a continuing struggle, reports Keira Stephenson. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080611_BurmeseRef.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080611_BurmeseRef.shtml Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 AUT's School of Communication Studies television lecturer Jim Marbrook concludes his account of his recent experience shooting a doco in Kanaky with the Sony EX1 camera. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/080601_Marbrook.pdf http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/080601_Marbrook.pdf Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 AUT University has relaunched the 12-year-old Pacific Media Watch as a dynamic digital database for regional media monitoring. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080610_PMW.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080610_PMW.shtml Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 The Polynesian Panther Party began in the early 1970s in response to oppression Pacific Islanders faced from a society with a strongly monocultural bias. Katie Small looks at what has changed – and what has stayed the same – since the Panthers started their struggle. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080609_PPanthers.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080609_PPanthers.shtml Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 When Whai Ngata bows out from his TVNZ career, he will be leaving a legacy for far more than Māori television programming alone. His support and vision will also be missed at Tagata Pasifika, reports Carolyn Thomas. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080609_TagataPasifika.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080609_TagataPasifika.shtml Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 AUT University’s international journalism internships programme is now into its fifth year. Natasha Burling reports on the success so far and hurdles ahead. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080609_ForeignCorr.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080609_ForeignCorr.shtml Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 His 1970s afro has been cut off, and his tight jeans and floral shirt have long gone. But Will ‘Ilolahia, a Polynesian Panthers founder, is still making noise in the Pacific Islands community. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080606_PPanthers.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080606_PPanthers.shtml Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A "lavish new life," said the Herald on Sunday. Wow! A 19-year-old, notorious for being the youngest New Zealander convicted of manslaughter at the age of 13, is out on home detention leading a lavish lifestyle. So what is so lavish for a young person? http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080604_Bchildpoverty2.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080604_Bchildpoverty2.shtml Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 "In the light of increased hype and interest in Fiji media, I wish to scrutinise those who shun their own scrutiny and seek accountability from those who want accountability - for everyone except themselves. There appears to be a myth that Fiji has a balanced, fair, impartial and neutral media." http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080604_Fiji-myth.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080604_Fiji-myth.shtml Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A research paper about advocacy media, social issues marketing and the Te Waha Nui newspaper advertisement controversy - C. Jane Berney and David Robie. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/docs/papers/berney-robie_advocacy.pdf http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/docs/papers/berney-robie_advocacy.pdf Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Three thought-provoking commentators challenge the media as it faces digital decisions for the future in the latest edition of Pacific Journalism Review. Prime Minister Helen Clark finds much to fault in New Zealand journalism in her commentary addressed to journalists and media educators. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080529_Clark.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080529_Clark.shtml Thu, 29 May 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Fiji has been abuzz with some statements that former Vice-President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi is supposed to have made in New Zealand about formation of a rival human rights body in Fiji. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080528_RatuJoni.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080528_RatuJoni.shtml Thu, 29 May 2008 12:20:54 +1200 An award-winning University of the South Pacific postgraduate journalism student and a graduate of the University of Papua New Guinea are among 24 journalists from emerging democracies chosen to cover the United States presidential elections. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080526_USP.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080526_USP.shtml Mon, 26 May 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Immigration is used in the same way to depress wages in the United States as it is in New Zealand, says Rogér Calero, Militant journalist and Socialist Workers Party's (SWP) candidate for US president. Katie Small reports. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080522_calero.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080522_calero.shtml Thu, 22 May 2008 12:20:54 +1200 The death of Indonesia's former president and ex-dictator Suharto has some industry professionals doubting it will bring about improvements, if any, to the quality and freedom of Indonesia's media. Aroha Treacher reports. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080522_freemedia.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080522_freemedia.shtml Thu, 22 May 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Papua New Guinea's acting Education Minister Tony Aimo has a made a plea for more investigative journalism and a stronger commitment to "accessible and affordable" community media in the Pacific while closing a Pacific journalism educators workshop in Port Moresby. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080519_UNESCO.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080519_UNESCO.shtml Mon, 19 May 2008 12:20:54 +1200 I'd intended to respond to current media and social comment on New Zealand teenagers, the latest Listener story on older women and right-up-to-the-minute words on child poverty, but I was too busy trying to deal with all of that in my life. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080512_Bchildpoverty.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080512_Bchildpoverty.shtml Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 You could be forgiven in Aceh for forgetting the tsunami ever happened - houses, schools and clinics have been rebuilt, often to a better standard than before, and people seem happy. But, writes Dylan Quinnell, mention the tsunami and the people's demeanour changes. Children drop their heads and won't meet your eyes, mothers start crying. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080430_Climate.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080430_Climate.shtml Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Under the touristy veneer of New Caledonia, you'll find something very different. Turn your rental car away from Anse Vata Beach and the $500-a-night hotel rooms and you're in another country. Special report by Pacific Media Centre researcher and film maker Jim Marbrook. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/080429_lagrandeterre.pdf http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/080429_lagrandeterre.pdf Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Former war correspondent Peter Arnett has condemned the treatment of US soldiers from the Iraq wars. New Zealand war veterans fare much better but, as Katie Small reports, the Kiwi troops who fought in Vietnam have waged a long battle over exposure to Agent Orange and for recognition by their own country. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080428_anzac.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080428_anzac.shtml Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 It used to be a tough call popularising environmental and climate change stories. But, reports Keira Stephenson, former BBC World journalist Alex Kirby finds Pacific journalists face even higher stakes when reporting the hard stories. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080428_kirby.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080428_kirby.shtml Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Peter Arnett, one of the world's best known war correspondents, has given revealing glimpses of his media career on Maori Television's Anzac Day special broadcast, describing Osama Bin Laden as “relatively courteous” and Saddam Hussein as a “picture of diplomacy”. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080425_arnett.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080425_arnett.shtml Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 New Zealand war historian Dr Ian McGibbon and Māori Television's Shaun Mather believe Māori Television's Anzac Day coverage is playing a vital role in nation-building. For the third year in a row, the channel plans to dedicate the entire day's broadcasting service on Friday to Anzac Day. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/070421_anzac.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/070421_anzac.shtml Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 It's not often that a book launch can link Ponsonby, Cambridge, London, Dunedin, and the Pacific Islands, with a doctor and a dame. However, Pasifika Styles did just that at the Alleluya Bar and Café in central Auckland. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/070421_passtyles.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/070421_passtyles.shtml Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080421-McGhie.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080421-McGhie.shtml Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Ethical standards of advertising in Fiji are “not satisfactory” with advertisement producers exploiting “a grey area” in current codes of practice, says the Consumer Council of Fiji. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080414_FijiAdv.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080414_FijiAdv.shtml Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 When Colenso Eramiha was told by phone he had received one of five scholarships offered to attend the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Auckland, he thought his classmates were having him on. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080414_Colenso.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080414_Colenso.shtml Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Attempts to control political reporting on Tonga's state-owned broadcaster have been criticised around the Pacific as heavy-handed and unnecessary. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080414_Tonga.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080414_Tonga.shtml Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 The Asia New Zealand Foundation has launched two one-month media scholarships for young journalists in the South East Asia region, sparking a debate about funding international journalism. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080401_NewAsiaSchol.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080401_NewAsiaSchol.shtml Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Young Asian people feel excluded by the media in New Zealand and the Asia Downunder programme has major problems trying to recruit trained reporters, says executive producer Melissa Lee. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080331_AsianPeople.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080331_AsianPeople.shtml Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:20:54 +1200 The throbbing tensions of post-colonial Fiji drive a new documentary by New Zealand filmmaker Annie Goldson. An Island Calling, premiered in Auckland yesterday, is centered on the brutal 2001 murders of John Scott and Greg Scrivener in their home in Suva. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080331_DoubleMurder.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch/080331_DoubleMurder.shtml Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Being of mixed lineage and part of a technology-literate generation, 17-year-old Murielle Baker is the future face of journalism that Television New Zealand hopes to cash in on. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080328_Murielle.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080328_Murielle.shtml Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Two very different people invited to speak at the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference (WITBC) in Auckland shared such similar beliefs, it was hard to believe they were from opposite sides of the globe. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080327_TaleTwoIndig.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080327_TaleTwoIndig.shtml Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A young Bay of Islands College graduate, Murielle Baker, has won the inaugural Television New Zealand Journalism Diversity Scholarship at AUT University this year. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080327_TVNZschol.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080327_TVNZschol.shtml Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Just two Pacific Islands will be represented at the opening today of the world's first indigenous television network conference. Fiji and Hawaii are the only delegates from 22 Pacific Island states and territories at WIBTC 08, the World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Aotearoa, New Zealand. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080320_witbc.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080320_witbc.shtml Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Auckland artist Ani O'Neill creates vibrant crochet works that literally tie together her Cook Islands and Irish heritage. Now she's ready to add a scholastic thread which, thanks to AUT University, will take her back to Rarotonga. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080320_CookIs.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080320_CookIs.shtml Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Latin America has a turbulent political history that takes in coups overthrowing elected governments, dictatorships, violent repression of opposition, terrorism and guerrilla warfare. John Pilger's documentary film The War on Democracy looks at this history and US interventions, but is rather simplistic in the treatment. Reviewed by Katie Small. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080317_ReviewWarOnDemoc.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080317_ReviewWarOnDemoc.shtml Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Vaimoana Tapaleao has been awarded the two diversity journalism prizes at the annual AUT University communications awards for her stories on Maori and Pacific issues last year – less than a fortnight after getting her first newspaper job. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080312_MTVAward.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080312_MTVAward.shtml Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Editorial change at New Zealand's newest Pacific news service is not an attempt to exert crucial influence on this year's general election, says Niu FM chief executive Sina Moore. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080312_NiuFM.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080312_NiuFM.shtml Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Pollywood Six 08 has helped build the self-esteem of Pacific Islanders in New Zealand, says curator and organiser Craig Fasi. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080312_Pollywood.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080312_Pollywood.shtml Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Pacific women should reclaim their high cultural status to achieve their potential, says TVNZ journalist and author Sandra Kailahi. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080307_reclaim.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080307_reclaim.shtml Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Thirty journalism students from AUT's School of Communication Studies converged on the Academy Cinema in downtown Auckland this week to cover the launch of TVNZ's latest digital offering TVNZ 7. http://www.tewahanui.info/ http://www.tewahanui.info/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 It is ironic that Jim Anthony's flawed report for the Fiji Human Rights Commission should be dubbed with an Orwellian title :freedom and Independence of the Media in Fiji. It is far more like a "How to gag and shackle the media" report. David Robie's take on the controversial Anthony report. http://cafepacific.blogspot.com/2008/03/fiji-how-to-gag-media-report.html http://cafepacific.blogspot.com/2008/03/fiji-how-to-gag-media-report.html Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Civil rights campaigners have urged the Fiji media not to succumb to pressure from the military-backed interim government. Shailendra Singh reports from Suva. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080301_FijiJournalists.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080227_MediaFreedom.shtml Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Pacific media freedom is under siege in Fiji following the arbitrary expulsion of a prominent expatriate newspaper publisher and in East Timor with the seizure and bashing by military police of a design editor. David Robie reviews the state of media freedom. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080227_MediaFreedom.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080227_MediaFreedom.shtml Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Fiji and Pacific media organisations and civil society groups have condemned the expulsion of an expatriate newspaper publisher by Fiji's interim government in the wake of allegations of tax evasion by a minister. Shailendra Singh, head of journalism of the University of the South Pacific, reports on a new media clampdown. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080227_MediaCondemn.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080227_MediaCondemn.shtml Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru tells media that a main reason for his surprise alliance with his old foe Gaston Flosse was to oppose the election of Tong Sang, who is regarded by Temaru's supporters as a "puppet" of the French government. Commentary by Patrick Decloitre, editor of Oceania Flash. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080225_Flosse.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080225_Flosse.shtml Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Ever since Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, heralding a communist revolution in the Caribbean island just 140 km from the Florida coast, the Washington establishment and the Cuban exile community in the US have been waiting for the day for Castro to go. They have long believed that his demise would erupt into a collective demand for rapid change and the long-oppressed population would overthrow Fidel's revolutionary cronies, and clamour for capital, expertise and leadership from Uncle Sam to transform Cuba into a market democracy. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080225-Cuba.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080225-Cuba.shtml Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Time reporter Rory Callinan has complained of heavy-handed treatment at the hands of Australian soldiers in East Timor after he and photographer John Wilson were detained for three hours at gunpoint outside of Dili. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080221_timorcensors.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080221_timorcensors.shtml Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 The former Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating, has much to be proud of, particularly his visionary efforts to engage a suspicious Australian public with Asia in 1980s and 90s. However, his recent articles in The Jakarta Post -- trumpeting the economic and social achievements of the late President Suharto, while sweeping aside human rights abuses and corruption -- take a disappointingly narrow view of this nation's recent history. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080218_IndonesiaReporting.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080218_IndonesiaReporting.shtml Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 At the same time Alfredo Reinado and his assassins were exchanging fire with President Jose Ramos Horta's bodyguards at dawn on Monday, the Timor Post's press was running. Ironically, the tiny nation's first and only independent daily newspaper was launching a campaign on page one: "Hapara Violencia", or "Stop the Violence". http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080214_TimorPost.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080214_TimorPost.shtml Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A post-coup Fiji military blacklist for journalists has been criticised in the Reporters Sans Frontières annual press freedom survey. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080214_blacklist.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080214_blacklist.shtml Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Rebel attacks on East Timor's president and prime minister provide Australia with an opportunity to strengthen its hold over East Timor, a US strategic think tank says. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080212_failedcoup.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080212_failedcoup.shtml Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 The Fiji Council of Social Services says the media must take full responsibility for instigating the military takeover in 2006. Executive director Hassan Khan made the comment amid a controversy over $100 allowances for non-government members of the military-backed National Council for Building a Better Fiji. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080130_Bainimarama.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080130_Bainimarama.shtml Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest of Fiji TV reporter Emily Moli and cameraman Shalendra Datt for "disobeying a police order" on 23 January, when they went to cover a dispute between the principal and administration of Rishikul Sanatan high school in Nasinu. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080130_PoliceArrest.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080130_PoliceArrest.shtml Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Who is a national legend says a lot about a country – its values, its aspirations. What makes a people tick (if you can, indeed, talk about “a people” at all). http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080131_Bmourning.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2008/080131_Bmourning.shtml Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:20:54 +1200 The United Nations Convention Against Corruption kicked off in Indonesia this week with a superhero flavour - featuring Hollywood actress Famke Janssen. Aroha Treacher reports from Indonesia. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080130_Famke.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080130_Famke.shtml Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Indonesia's former President Suharto has died of multiple organ failure, unleashing a frenzy of media coverage and post mortems about his life. AUT's Dylan Quinnell reports from Jakarta. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080125_Suharto.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080125_Suharto.shtml Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Indonesia's former President Suharto has died of multiple organ failure, unleashing a frenzy of media coverage and post mortems about his life. AUT's Dylan Quinnell reports from Jakarta. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080125_Suharto.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080125_Suharto.shtml Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A new communication book featuring issues such as Asia and the Pacific media education, media and conflict, the collision of culture and news values, reporting West Papua, community broadcasting and global warming and the media will be published early this year. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080125_commbook.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080125_commbook.shtml Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:20:54 +1200 New Zealand's only award for critical journalism is being revamped to link in with a growing movement for more democratic local media. The Bruce Jesson Foundation, set up after the death of journalist-politician Bruce Jesson in 1999, has provided up to $3000 a year since 2004 for issues-based journalism. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080121_critical.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080121_critical.shtml Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:20:54 +1200 As the health of Indonesia's ex-dictator Suharto worsens, the local press is on full alert and predict his death would bring about mixed reactions from the people. Aroha Treacher reports from Jakarta. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080117_SuhartosDemise.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080117_SuhartosDemise.shtml Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Hi guys, the journo gang all went away for the weekend to a beachside town. Offshore is a volcano, Krakatoa, which erupted in 1874, creating a monstrous tidal wave. Dylan Quinnell's diary on the Jakarta journalism practicum. http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2008/01/dylans-jakarta-diary-volcanoes-and.html http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2008/01/dylans-jakarta-diary-volcanoes-and.html Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:20:54 +1200 Pasifika Women: Our stories in New Zealand, by Sandra Kailahi, reviewed by Julie Middleton. Pasifika women are the backbones of their communities in the islands and in New Zealand. But so often, in New Zealand as in their homelands, their contributions and opinions have been invisible or under-documented. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080116_Review-PasifikaWomen.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080116_Review-PasifikaWomen.shtml Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:20:54 +1200 A group of Australian and New Zealand university students is in Jakarta for a six-week journalism professional practicum programme, which is designed to give them a greater insight into the realities of contemporary Indonesia. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080108_indoncourse.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2008/080108_indoncourse.shtml Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:20:54 +1200 The EPMU has opened submissions for its review of the state of journalism, a project that has come out of the Journalism Matters conference held at Parliament in August. The review seeks to go to the core of what journalism should be and ask whether the news media are delivering it. http://www.ourmedia.org.nz/node/56 http://www.ourmedia.org.nz/node/56 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Reporters Without Borders today called on the French government, especially justice minister Rachida Dati, to renew efforts to find out what happened to Jean-Pascal Couraud (“JPK”), editor of the French Polynesia daily Les Nouvelles de Tahiti, who vanished 10 years ago on 15 December 1997. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071214_French.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071214_French.shtml Tue, 14 Dec 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Journalism students at the University of the South Pacific won this year's Ossie Award for best news report (print section) in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.AUT was also highly commended for its newspaper Te Waha Nui. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071214_USPjourn.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071214_USPjourn.shtml Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Speaking at the annual Journalism Education Association of New Zealand conference, Prime Minister Helen Clark has criticised the media, accusing journalists of lacking general knowledge and being too young to remember seminal events in New Zealand's history. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4319092a6479.html http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4319092a6479.html Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Radio New Zealand International has won the international radio station of the year award at the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) media excellence awards - thanks to its Pacific coverage. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071121_radionz.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071121_radionz.shtml Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:20:54 +1200 A Papua New Guinea journalist now living at Ruakaka, near Whangarei, Christina Kewa has written and published a new book about her homeland, Being a Woman in Papua New Guinea: From Grass Skirts and Ashes to Education and Global Changes. She is strongly critical of the failure of politicians to act over women's rights. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071120_newbook.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071120_newbook.shtml Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:20:54 +1200 APN News and Media (ANM) has been included among the eight finalists for the annual Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2007. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071119_rogeraward.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071119_rogeraward.shtml Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Civil society organisations in Fiji have welcomed a High Court decision giving the media the right to publish a confidential audit report commissioned by the state pension fund. The Fiji National Provident Fund had filed an application seeking to bar Fiji Television Ltd from airing the findings of a report by Sydney-based chartered accountants. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071116_FijiTV.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071116_FijiTV.shtml Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Joseph Barratt, an AUT Graduate Diploma in Journalism student, has won the Rangatahi/Student Award for print media in the annual Media Peace Awards for a Scoop article revealing changes flagged by the draft anti-terrorism law amendment. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071109_barratt.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071109_barratt.shtml Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:20:54 +1200 AUT graduate Marc Checkley reports from Beijing: "I am leading a new media project and producing audio and video content. I am also directing and anchoring a daily news bulletin with another colleague. We began small but have been making good progress. The project has drawn praise from management and is averaging nearly 2000 individual hits/downloads per day and it's only been in production for one month." http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch.shtml#ChinaDaily http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch.shtml#ChinaDaily Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Fiji has slipped in its ratings by more than half on the Worldwide Press Freedom Index to 107 from its 53rd place last year, reports The Fiji Times. In a statement issued by Reporters Without Borders last week, Fiji was at the bottom of the list of countries that have upheld media freedom practices. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071015_mediafreedom.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071015_mediafreedom.shtml Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Media industry people, staff and students were spilling into the corridor as they tried to get a glimpse of Associate Minister of Pacific Island Affairs Luamanuvao Winnie Laban speaking at the launch of the Pacific Media Centre at AUT University on Friday. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/071015_PIMAminister.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/071015_PIMAminister.shtml Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Associate Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Luamanuvao Winnie Laban last night challenged New Zealand media and educational institutions to boost investment in research and coverage. Speaking at the launch of the Pacific Media Centre, she said the occasion was “tangible proof” that AUT University had stepped up to the plate and was demonstrating true sector leadership. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/071012_PIMALaban.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/071012_PIMALaban.shtml Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:20:54 +1200 New Zealand's mainstream media has more ethics, money and resources to cover Pacific Island issues than Pasifika news media, debaters argued at the PIMA conference today. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/071012_PIMAthrash.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/071012_PIMAthrash.shtml Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:20:54 +1200 A Pacific panel of media practitioners, sports stars and a city councillor has called for greater understanding and higher quality from news organisations at this year's Pacific Islands Media Association (PIMA) conference conference hosted by AUT University. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/071012_PIMApeoplecall.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/071012_PIMApeoplecall.shtml Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Pacific publishers owe it to their people to inspire them to speak their mind to help development, says Pesi Fonua, one of Tonga's foremost media personalities. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/071012_PIMApacific.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/071012_PIMApacific.shtml Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:20:54 +1200 The Pacific Media Centre has awarded a research grant to independent film maker Jim Marbrook to help develop a documentary about indigenous Kanak political and industrial rights and nickel mining development in New Caledonia. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071012_kanak.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/071012_kanak.shtml Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Tongan publisher and editor Pesi Fonua will open the 2007 Pacific Islands Media Association (PIMA) conference in Auckland tomorrow. Fonua is publisher and editor of the long-running Matangi Tonga magazine. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/071011_PIMAtongan.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/071011_PIMAtongan.shtml Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Five months since the launch of the much anticipated Maori Television current affairs programme Native Affairs, presenter Julian Wilcox says the programme has established a niche based on honesty and frankness. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070928_honesty.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070928_honesty.shtml Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Getting women into the top media jobs is going to be “difficult”, says CNN-IBN news anchor Sagarika Ghose. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070927_bigchanges.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070927_bigchanges.shtml Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:20:54 +1200 When just a small girl, Veronica Pedrosa was forced to leave the Philippines with her family when her mother wrote a revealing biography of Imelda Marcos that the regime found intolerable. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070927_pedrosa.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070927_pedrosa.shtml Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Two of Al Jazeera's top women believe the Qatar-based satellite television channel is bringing a fresh perspective to global news. Trish Carter and Veronica Pedrosa say Al Jazeera English is covering many of the world's under-reported stories and attempting to “shine a light in forgotten conflicts” such as in Myanmar, the insurgency in the Philippines and Southern Thailand. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070927_aljazeera.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070927_aljazeera.shtml Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:20:54 +1200 The military takeover in Fiji exposes University of the South Pacific journalism graduates working in the mainstream media to the tough realities of covering a major crisis. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070924_Fijicoup.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070924_Fijicoup.shtml Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Two final-year AUT University student journalists have been awarded scholarships to attend a professional journalism practicum in Jakarta aimed at developing journalists with the background knowledge and insights to report on Indonesia. They are Aroha Treacher and Dylan Quinnell. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070917_jakarta.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070917_jakarta.shtml Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:20:54 +1200 The independence of the Kiribati state-owned Broadcasting and Publications Authority (BPA) is “sadly and disappointingly” more rhetorical than real, says a University of the South Pacific academic. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070913_kiribati.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070913_kiribati.shtml Fri, 14 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 It is no secret that the reporting of Māori affairs in this country is at most times, under-represented, un-balanced and in many instances, non-existent. While journalism training schools across the country include Maori affairs reporting in their curriculum, there have been minimal resources to support such teachings. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070906_creating.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070906_creating.shtml Fri, 14 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Devastation hit the people of Pouakani Marae in Mangakino back in May when arson led to the destruction of the historic building, leaving very little to be salvaged. Story by AUT student journalist Vaimoana Tapaleao. Other Mana reports by Derek Fox and Qiane Corfield http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/070827_Mana.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/070827_Mana.shtml Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Now is the time break away from "specialist Maori reporting", says New Zealand author Carol Archie at the launch of her new book in Auckland today. Archie argues that Maori affairs reporting should be carried out by all reporters, not just those who are Maori or specialise in Maori issues. Story by AUT student journalist Aroha Treacher. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070827_author.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070827_author.shtml Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 One of New Zealand's best known journalists spent his second-to-last day in his job involved with a topic he describes as “close to my heart”. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070827_Archie.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070827_Archie.shtml Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Journalists have a vital role in creating a media of inclusiveness and helping New Zealanders develop their sense of identity, says the author of a new book on cross-cultural reporting. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070827_author.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070827_author.shtml Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Conference reports, many full text papers and reaction. Also, resource documents such as the Rosenberg media ownership file. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/070812_OM.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/070812_OM.shtml Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 One of New Zealand's leading independent social documentary photographers has won a four-month “journalist-in-residence” fellowship grant to research the Ngatihine forestry land issue and the media. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070819_photographer.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070819_photographer.shtml Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Student journalists from two j-schools were at the weekend Journalism Matters summit at Parliament - to take part and report - but they had mixed responses. Many thought there wasn't enough focus on young people entering the media industry. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070814_OM-notenough.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070814_OM-notenough.shtml Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 One of the pioneers of independent online news in New Zealand, Selwyn Manning, says websites such as Scoop play a vital role competing with the “big guns” by offering a challenging news agenda. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070813_Manning.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070813_Manning.shtml Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Former International Federation of Journalists president Chris Warren gives a crisp, no-nonsense and refreshing message at the media summit in Wellington. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070812_OM-MakingPublic.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070812_OM-MakingPublic.shtml Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 About 115 people attended the Journalism Matters media summit organised by the journalists' section of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) at Parliament over the weekend. Summary of resolutions. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070812_OM-EPMU.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070812_OM-EPMU.shtml Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 "The challenge is to come up with new and creative ways to ensure a larger pool of journalists are able to dedicate themselves to investigating and writing stories that really matter." http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/docs/papers/media_rose.pdf http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/docs/papers/media_rose.pdf Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 "It has been fascinating, and to a degree alarming, to hear of your concerns at the direction journalism is taking here in New Zealand: fascinating because similar things are happening in the media in Australia and alarming because similar things are happening in the media in Australia!" http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070811_OM-threats.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070811_OM-threats.shtml Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 "What we are gradually losing is public issue journalism by journalists who are paid to go out beyond their living rooms to gather new facts and present them in a coherent form to a general audience." http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/docs/papers/media_collins.pdf http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/docs/papers/media_collins.pdf Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 "Journalism will only matter if those that do it and love it protect its integrity. With apologies to Amnesty, I urge you to Make Some Noise." http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/docs/papers/media_mcgregor110807.pdf http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/docs/papers/media_mcgregor110807.pdf Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 “Journalism Matters” – that's the name of the “media summit” being held in the Grand Hall of Parliament this weekend. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070810_OurMedia.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070810_OurMedia.shtml Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 The ACT government has given more than $40,000 to East Timor to help set up radio communication facilities in the capital city of Dili. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070808_ACT.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070808_ACT.shtml Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Jornal Nacional Diáro is the smallest and youngest of Timor-Leste's three daily newspapers, but it's one of the brightest and gutsiest. It sells around 600 copies a day, has barely more than a dozen young reporters and operates out of a derelict former Indonesian police station in the port city of Dili. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070807_growing.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070807_growing.shtml Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 A new video documentary is a stirring account of not just the despair and daily struggles that are part and parcel of life in Fiji's squatter settlements, but also of the resilience of the residents. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070807_squatters.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070807_squatters.shtml Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Security and intelligence academic Paul Buchanan has been dismissed from his senior lecturer role in the political studies department of Auckland University. Selwyn Manning reports. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070806_security.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070806_security.shtml Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 Many Timorese people suffer a “significant information drought” isolating them from national development, says a New Zealand media monitoring mission. The impoverished country, which elected a coalition government in a peaceful parliamentary ballot late last month, needs substantial investment in resources and training to build a sustainable media. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070718_infoDrought.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070718_infoDrought.shtml Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:20:54 +1200 Television New Zealand chief executive Rick Ellis's recent comments about prime time Maori television brought back a focus on the Maori language. Next week the language will be in the spotlight again. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070717_TahaMaori-primetime.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070717_TahaMaori-primetime.shtml Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:20:54 +1200 Maori affairs reporters would be a thing of the past if journalist Carol Archie had her way. In her new forthcoming new book Pou Korero: A Guide to Reporting Maori News, the author argues that all reporters should cover Maori issues in their own rounds rather than just expecting one person to write Maori stories. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070806_security.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070806_security.shtml Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:20:54 +1200 AUT journalism graduate Cameron Broadhurst, on internship in Jakarta, reports on iondine deficiency disorders in Indonesia and the strategies for dealing with the problem. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch.shtml#Iodine http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch.shtml#Iodine Wed, 4 Jul 2007 15:20:54 +1200 Research: McGregor, Judy; Lind, Clive; Geary, Shona; Misa, Tapu; Robie, David and Zweifel, Walter (2007). New Zealand Media Observation Mission Report: 2007 Timor-Leste Elections Wellington: NZ Electoral Commission http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/docs/papers/NZtimorreport_2007.pdf http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/docs/papers/NZtimorreport_2007.pdf Wed, 4 Jul 2007 15:20:54 +1200 Research: Rosenberg, Bill (2007). New Zealand Media Ownership. (Latest Edition) Evolving database. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/docs/papers/rosenberg_mediaown07.pdf http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/docs/papers/rosenberg_mediaown07.pdf Wed, 4 Jul 2007 15:20:54 +1200 DILI: When the people of East Timor went to the polls for the third time this year, they completed a political cycle that has been remarkable in part because of its relative success, but in part because it has happened at all. Yet a little over a year ago, many people thought that East Timor's fledgling democracy had failed. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2007/070709_Damian.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2007/070709_Damian.shtml Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:20:54 +1200 A former President of Ireland and former UN Human Rights Commissioner, Mary Robinson, has urged the Pacific to take action to address gender inbalance before the region feels the full brunt of an HIV epidemic. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070706_FormerIrish.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070706_FormerIrish.shtml Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:20:54 +1200 More than 2000 women donned their national costumes and danced proudly to the beat of African drums at the opening this week of the first ever global conference on HIV and AIDS for Women in Kenya. Many of them are HIV positive -- among them Aids Ambassador Paulini Vakacegu from Fiji. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070705_PacWomen.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070705_PacWomen.shtml Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:20:54 +1200 Racism is an even more powerful force in the US today than it was in the heyday of the civil rights movement, says iconic American civil rights activist and professor Angela Davis. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070630_Davis.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070630_Davis.shtml Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:20:54 +1200 There are hopes in East Timor that the parliamentary election will help resolve the huge refugee problem which is one of the many challenges facing the country. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/070627_EastTimor.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/specialreports/070627_EastTimor.shtml Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:20:54 +1200 The media was vilified at rallies and one journalist was beaten during elections in East Timor this year, according to a report by observers from New Zealand that calls for criminal prosecutions of those attacking journalists. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070627_Timor.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070627_Timor.shtml Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:20:54 +1200 Pacific Media Centre's director, Associate Professor David Robie, has returned from a New Zealand media monitoring mission to Timor Leste for the parliamentary elections campaign. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070626_EastTimor.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070626_EastTimor.shtml Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:19:54 +1200 A seminar about post-coup Fiji held at Victoria University in Wellington has called on the New Zealand government to initiate more dialogue with the interim government of Fiji. Vince McBride, executive director of the Wellington-based Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF), which facilitated the seminar, said it was "time for a cup of tea". http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch.shtml D59365E8-DEA4-4829-8575-3633EC94C72B Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:19:54 +1200 As the leaders of the G8 summit in Heiligendamm in Germany hammered the final communiqué on climate change, half a world away, in the small Pacific island country of Tuvalu, Sialafaga Talua, a born and bred islander pondered her shaky future on the islands, as she has always done again and again. Salafaga Talua has a difficult decision on her hands, to either pack her bags and leave Tuvalu for safer territories or stay and watch her country slowly sink under the rising sea levels in the Pacific and hope for the best. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch.shtml AB5A1C7F-28D8-4606-82DD-DA12604C1662 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:19:01 +1200 As it scrambles worldwide for raw materials to fuel its rapidly growing economy, China is increasingly finding itself in the same hunting grounds with Taiwan, its breakaway province, with both economies resorting to offering generous grants as inducements for allegiance. Both have experienced varied success. China's recent successful courting of the Latin American nation of Costa Rica, and its subsequent switch of diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China, comes just weeks after Taiwan's similar success with the Caribbean island of St Lucia, a move that irked China so much that it promptly withdrew its embassy and cut aid to the island. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/globalwatch.shtml 05A8D915-C7F5-463E-826C-3BF84E2E15EE Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:17:56 +1200 Reporters Without Borders has voiced support for Glebe deputy coroner Dorelle Pinch in Sydney, Australia, after her inquest into the 1975 murders of journalist Brian Peters and four colleagues in East Timor led to a diplomatic incident. A former Indonesian army officer who served in East Timor in 1975 and who is now governor of Jakarta chose to cut short an official visit to Australia rather than comply with a summons to testify. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070605_Jakarta-Balibo5.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070605_Jakarta-Balibo5.shtml Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12:46:21 +1200 Journalists who think they are the most important part of the job will have short careers, says a leading television health reporter. Dr Lillian Ng is an AUT University journalism graduate who now works part-time for TV3 News, is a practising GP and also does medical examinations of sexual crime victims for the police. Report: Elizabeth Allan. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070604_leadingJourn.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070604_leadingJourn.shtml Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12:35:42 +1200 The public are much more interested in diversity than you might think. My own Geiger counter for the "oice of the nation" - at least the letter-writing female side of it - is compiling the letters page once a week at a big circulation women's magazine. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/2007/070604-BSeeking.shtml 9C3EDB16-F1C1-45AA-B359-77BCB52ED00A Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:38:36 +1200 Filipino trade unionist Dennis Maga has warned the Philippines government may arrest him for protesting over human rights violations against his country's president while she attended the InterFaith Dialogue Forum in Waitangi last week. But a spokesperson for New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said the government had sought assurances from Manila about his safety and it was unlikely he would be arrested. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070601_trade-unionist.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070601_trade-unionist.shtml Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:34:49 +1200 A new season of New Zealand short films is being released on Maori Television later this month as the network claims to now have the largest growth of free-to-air channels. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070601_MaoriTV.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070601_MaoriTV.shtml Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:33:27 +1200 More than 70 staff and students from AUT University's School of Communication Studies joined together in an “inspiring” cultural experience on Hoani Waititi Marae to help them become better and more culturally accurate journalists. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070531_Journ.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070531_Journ.shtml Thu, 31 May 2007 12:32:27 +1200 The Inter-Faith Dialogue Forum taking place in Waitangi, New Zealand, has been the focus of human rights and Destiny Church protests. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has been criticised for not addressing political murders taking place in the Philippines, and the NZ government has been challenged to acknowledge the Christian faith as New Zealand's founding religion. Photo essay by AUT's Joseph Barratt. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00498.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00498.htm Wed, 30 May 2007 12:36:57 +1200 Fast-food chain Burger King has withdrawn two television advertisements deemed sexually exploitative through their "cheesy" use of bikini-clad women. The Advertising Standards Complaints Board, in decisions issued yesterday, found both commercials breached an industry code of practice forbidding the use of sex appeal simply to draw attention to a product. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10442386 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10442386 Tue, 29 May 2007 08:23:59 +1200 On 7 July 2006 the National Business Review's fortnightly Media Watch column, contributed by David Cohen, included criticism of the work and views of Jon Stephenson, a journalist specialising in international news and comment. Stephenson complained to the Press Council about the column, citing the Press Council's principle that "publications should be guided at all times by accuracy, fairness and balance". He also complained that the column, and its publication, was motivated by malice. His complaint was upheld, at least in part. http://www.presscouncil.org.nz/display_ruling.asp?casenumber=1089 http://www.presscouncil.org.nz/display_ruling.asp?casenumber=1089 Sun, 27 May 2007 08:22:44 +1200 As a Glebe Coroner's Court inquest into the murders of cameraman Brian Peters and four other TV journalists in the East Timor town of Balibo on 16 October 1975 draws to a close, Reporters Without Borders has called on deputy state coroner Dorelle Pinch to use all possible national and international police and judicial mechanisms to arrest those responsible. http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070526_Balibo5.shtml http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/niusbeat/2007/070526_Balibo5.shtml Tue, 29 May 2007 15:07:30 +1200 TVNZ chief executive Rick Ellis has received a roasting from Maori MPs after he cited Shortland Street and Police Ten-7 as examples of what the state broadcaster was doing to meet its charter obligations to Maori. Ellis made the comments during an appearance before the Maori Affairs select committee at Parliament. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10441413 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10441413 Thu, 24 May 2007 15:06:41 +1200 The New Zealand and Australian governments have suffered a set-back in moves to have the United Nations ban Fiji's military-led government from deploying its soldiers to UN peacekeeping operations. In response to Scoop's questions the United Nations secretary general's office said it will consider Fiji's contributions on a "case by case" basis. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00348.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00348.htm Sun, 20 May 2007 12:32:33 +1200 Samoa's head of State was laid to rest amid the pomp and ceremony of a state funeral in Apia. Prime Minister Helen Clark and Governor-General Anand Satyanand led the large official New Zealand delegation for Malietoa Tanumafili II, who died on May 11 aged 95. After the official ceremony ended, Clark told media Malietoa had been a father figure of the nation. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10440604 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10440604 Sat, 19 May 2007 12:51:18 +1200