Tag: democracy
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...
How mass media makes a mockery of its mission over Palestine
COMMENTARY: By Malcolm Evans
Since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israeli military positions and civilian settlements it has become the norm for any debate...
NZ election 2023: How a better funding model can help media strengthen social cohesion
This speech was this year’s David Beatson Memorial Address delivered at a Better Public Media meeting and debate in Grey Lynn last night on...
NZ’s Western Bay of Plenty councillors vote for Māori wards – ‘a momentous day’
By Alisha Evans
After a 12-year fight, mana whenua will get a seat at the table after the Western Bay of Plenty District Council has...
Fijians are ‘fed up’ – no more coups in modern politics, says Ratuva
By Shayal Devi in Suva
“Our people are fed up with coups” — this is the message from renowned Fijian academic Professor Steven Ratuva as...
Pacific journos urged not to let geopolitics ‘skew their narratives’
RNZ Pacific
The editor of the Marshall Islands Journal, Giff Johnson, is urging Pacific journalists not to be swayed by geopolitical narratives and to stay...