Pacific journalist Barbara Dreaver challenges TVNZ chief over job cuts
Pacific Media Watch
Television New Zealand’s chief executive has been challenged by the public broadcaster’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver at a fiery staff meeting over...
Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin
Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have formally ratified a defence agreement a decade after its initial signing.
PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko...
Caitlin Johnstone: Israel accused of torturing UN workers to obtain false testimony about UNRWA
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
A recent UNRWA document says its staff report having been tortured while detained by Israeli forces, who pressed them to provide...
Mediawatch: Apocalypse now for NZ news – take 2?
RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock
Television New Zealand’s proposals to balance its worsening books by killing news and current affairs programmes mean New Zealanders could...
‘Not complicated’ over killing children, Swarbrick tells Gaza ceasefire rally
Asia Pacific Report
About 5000 protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israeli’s genocidal war on Gaza today took part in a...
Caitlin Johnstone: Pretending the US can’t just drive aid into Gaza
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
The Biden administration is supposedly planning to set up a temporary pier in Gaza to allow for the large-scale shipment of...