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IFJ condemns deputy PM’s comments as threat to NZ press freedom

Pacific Media Watch Journalists and media workers have criticised comments made by Aotearoa New Zealand’s newly-elected Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters — who claimed that...

Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated UN, bribed politicians to build Pacific dream city

By Aubrey Belford, Kevin G. Hall and Martin Young A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into a future...

IFJ condemns Indonesia over bribery, harassment attempt on RNZ journalist

Pacific Media Watch A Radio New Zealand Pacific journalist has alleged that an Indonesian official attempted to both bribe and intimidate him following an interview...

Indonesia responds after claim official attempted to bribe RNZ Pacific journalist

By Koroi Hawkins A Radio New Zealand journalist says an Indonesian government official attempted to bribe and intimidate him at last month’s 22nd Melanesian...

Shooting the messenger, Pacific style

Media freedom as an issue in the Pacific has been defined in far too narrow terms, as if Big Brother governments and politicians ignorant...

Sedition, e-libel is the new media front line

By David Robie One of Fiji’s best investigative journalists and media trainers ended up as a spin doctor and henchman for wannabe dictator George Speight....