Tag: news media
Mediawatch on Cyclone Gabrielle: ‘I’m proud to be working on this newspaper’
RNZ Mediawatch
New Zealand’s media were in emergency mode yet again this week, offering hours of extra coverage on air, online and in print.
Outlets in...
Auckland deputy mayor talks up media role in disasters in wake of mayor Wayne Brown’s ‘drongos’ text
RNZ News
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is under fire for calling New Zealand journalists “drongos”, blaming them for having to cancel a round of tennis...
Martyn Bradbury’s 17 editorial ‘no go’ zones for the NZ media
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury
Last month The Daily Blog offered its New Year infamous news media gongs — and blasts — for 2022. In this...
Fiji’s media still struggling to regain ‘free and fair’ space
COMMENTARY: By David Robie
Almost eight months after the much-heralded election to usher Fiji back into democracy mode, the country will mark World Press Freedom...
Coups, conflicts and human rights: Pacific media challenges in the digital age
By David Robie
At the heart of a global crisis over news media credibility and trust is Britain’s so-called Hackgate scandal involving the widespread allegations...
Pacific Islands Forum shuns West Papuan issue
By David Robie
The most astonishing unreported story in this week’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Auckland was a remarkable shift by the United Nations...