Analysis

Mediawatch: Kiingi Tuheitia’s tangihanga – epic broadcast marks new epoch for te ao Māori

RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock “Anticipation is growing. The warriors are ready. They’re preparing themselves. The paddlers are already on their waka,” Scotty Morrison, alongside veteran journalist Tini Molyneux, told...

John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the world

Of the international intelligence information that comes to Australian agencies from the Five Eyes, 90 percent comes from...

Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral – who will it take down with it?

Israel’s zealots are ignoring the pleas of the top brass. They want to widen the circle of war,...

NZ rallies protest over Israeli killings of children as world condemns latest school ‘bloody massacre’

Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a large rally in the heart of New Zealand’s largest city today strongly condemned...

Jonathan Cook: Nothing’s changed since 1948 – except now Israel’s excuses don’t work

"We have been lied to for decades about the creation of Israel. It was born in sin, and...

Less than illustrious: remembering the Anzacs means also not forgetting some committed war crimes

ANALYSIS: By Jeffrey McNeill It was observed that the English had slain wounded and captured German prisoners. So reads a disturbing war diary entry of...

The ‘otherness’ of Jacinda Ardern – by doing politics differently she changed the game and saved her party

ANALYSIS: By Jennifer Curtin This week marks the beginning of Jacinda Ardern’s life outside parliament, since she officially ceased to be an electorate MP at...

Unfinished business over New Caledonian decolonisation – new challenges after ‘stolen’ referendum

Brief reports have surfaced about the separate bilateral meetings of the Kanaky New Caledonia pro- and anti- independence representatives with French Prime Minister Élisabeth...

Media challenges in a digital world – a Pacific perspective (Part two)

This is part of a keynote address by Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie at the 2015 University of the South Pacific (USP)...

Media challenges in a digital world – a Pacific perspective (Part one)

In a keynote address at the 2015 University of the South Pacific (USP) journalism awards, Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie, formerly head...

Jackson’s Plan B for public media may prioritise Māori and Pacific coverage

Axing the proposed merger of TVNZ and RNZ saved the New Zealand government a significant amount of money but left it with the problems...