Media

Haka, waiata welcome for NZ’s Gaza flotilla activists after brutal ordeal at hands of Israeli military

Asia Pacific Report An emotional and inspiring welcome greeted two of Aotearoa New Zealand’s three Gaza Sumud Flotilla humanitarian activists who arrived home today after their ordeal at the hands...

Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims brutal abuse ‘justified’

SPECIAL REPORT: By Nadda Osman Activists freed from Israeli detention following the interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla have...

Family pleas for kidnapped 3 Kiwis as Gaza flotilla demands global activists’ freedom from Israel

Asia Pacific Report Three New Zealanders are being illegally held hostage by the Israeli military after security forces boarded...

Türkiye condemns new Israeli ‘piracy’ against Gaza aid flotilla in international waters

Asia Pacific Report Türkiye has condemned Israel’s intervention against the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, describing it...

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza ‘death trap’

ANALYSIS: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch When the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders released their annual World...

USP faces a ‘gathering storm’ over leadership and a looming strike

Asia Pacific Report The University of the South Pacific — one of only two regional universities in the world — is facing a “gathering storm”...

Annelle Sheline: Why I’m resigning from the US State Department

COMMENTARY: By Annelle Sheline Since Hamas’ attack on October 7, Israel has used American bombs in its war in Gaza, which has killed more than...

Caitlin Johnstone: Imagine if Russia or China did the things Israel is doing in Gaza

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Imagine how the Western political-media class would be acting if Russia or China was bombing and starving a walled-in population of...

Maiki Sherman named as TVNZ’s first wahine Māori political editor

Pacific Media Watch Journalist Maiki Sherman (Ngāpuhi/Whakatōhea) has been appointed Television New Zealand’s political editor, the first wahine Māori to lead the 1News political team...

Time to get in quick for the fast looming deadline for Pacific media conference

Asia Pacific Report Time is running out for media people and academics wanting to tell their innovative story or present research at the 2024 Pacific...

NZ protesters call for expulsion of Israeli ambassador over Gaza atrocities

By David Robie A leader of one of New Zealand’s main Palestine solidarity groups today called on the government to expel the Israeli ambassador and...