Tag: New Zealand
NZ slumps to 19th as RSF says press freedom threatened by global decline
Pacific Media Watch
New Zealand has slumped to an unprecedented 19th place in the annual Reporters Without Borders 2024 World Press Freedom Index survey released...
Nelson Mandela’s grandson joins Gaza flotilla, slams ‘genocide complicit’ leaders
Asia Pacific Report
Chief Mandla Mandela, a member of the National Assembly of South Africa and Nelson Mandela’s grandson, has joined the Freedom Flotilla in...
Have New Zealanders really been ‘misled’ about AUKUS, or is involvement now a foregone conclusion?
ANALYSIS: By Marco de Jong and Robert G. Patman
When former prime minister Helen Clark spoke out against New Zealand potentially compromising its independent foreign...
Journalists offered ‘radical’ solution to save part of NZ’s Newshub, says Gower
RNZ News
Warner Bros Discovery will struggle to retain viewers in New Zealand if it has no news operation, Newshub journalist Paddy Gower predicts, as...
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...
Te Kuaka calls for urgent law change on spy agency, warns over Pacific
Asia Pacific Report
Te Kuaka, an independent foreign policy advocacy group with a strong focus on the Pacific, has called for urgent changes to the...