Media

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: French politics rocked as leaders plead for end

By Patrick Decloitre With New Caledonia entering its second week of deadly riots, French authorities have mounted a massive law enforcement operation to regain control of the main roads in...

Fiji’s Jo Nata reflects on the 2000 coup: ‘We let the racism genie out of the bottle’

SPECIAL REPORT: Islands Business in Suva Today is the 24th anniversary of renegade and failed businessman George Speight’s coup...

Kanaky in flames: Five takeaways from the New Caledonia independence riots

ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Café Pacific Jean-Marie Tjibaou, a revered Kanak visionary, was inspirational to indigenous Pacific...

Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the deadly riots are about more than voting rights

ANALYSIS: By Nicole George New Caledonia’s capital city, Nouméa, has endured widespread violent rioting over the past three days....

Flashback: Betrayal of Kanaky decolonisation by Paris risks return to dark days

France has declared a state of emergency for 12 days on the Pacific territory of New Caledonia —...

Archive: Fiji – why the media were also Speight’s hostages

Some reporters and news organisations were too ready to give legitimacy to George Speight's "two bit" rebellion. The Fiji print media in particular failed...

Fiji coup 2000: Protests over USP journalism website shutdown

Pacific Media Watch Journalism schools and media freedom groups have protested to the University of the South Pacific for suspending its Pacific Journalism Online website,...

Archive: University of the South Pacific shuts down journalism website

By Mithleshni Gurdayal Journalism students at the University of the South Pacific have expressed dismay over the forced shutdown of their website, Pacific Journalism Online...

Archive: Fiji: The Internet Coup

By Jeremy Rose The Fijians have taken to calling them "parachute journalists". The reporters, that is, who drop in from around the globe to file...

Archive: Commentary: The gag threat to Café Pacific

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. -- George Orwell, Nineteen Eight-four By David Robie Judging by how the number...

Archive: Media: Press freedom on the rocks

A feisty newspaper publisher's loss to the Samoan prime minister in a hefty defamation case and manipulation by the Fiji Information Ministry in an...