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Quality of iTaukei language under threat, says Fiji scholar
By Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific Concerns are being raised about the future survival of the iTaukei (Fijian) language as a threat of extinction looms despite its everyday use among its people. A language...
View ArticleJournalists risk prosecution under Australia’s ‘foreign interference’ law
UQ News Journalists may face decades in prison for “foreign interference” offences unless urgent changes are made to Australia’s national security laws, according to a University of Queensland...
View ArticlePNG police put national exams under guard over cheating fears
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby For the first time in the life of school exams in Papua New Guinea, police will monitor the national grades 8, 10 and 12 exams over the next three weeks. The...
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Pacific climate stories need to be ‘heard and told’, says USP award winner
By Akansha Narayan in Suva Award-winning University of the South Pacific student journalist Sera Tikotikoivatu-Sefeti says Pacific voices on the climate fight need to be amplified for big nations to...
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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating...
Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media freedom in the Pacific...
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Fiji academic warns over media ‘climate injustice’ in open access webinar
By David Robie A Fiji-based academic challenged the Pacific region’s media and policymakers today over climate crisis coverage, asking whether the discriminatory style of reporting was a case of...
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Melanesian advocate criticises Pacific languages strategy ‘blunder’
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist A ni-Vanuatu and Melanesian advocate in New Zealand says the country’s Pacific ministry has overlooked Melanesian communities in its language strategy. In an...
View ArticlePNG’s Education Department faces lockout over K39m unpaid rent
By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Education Department headquarters in Waigani, National Capital District (NCD), will be locked by 5pm on Monday if the state fails to pay K39...
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Missing PNG cop found dead, police chief vows ‘swift justice’
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Local government officials in Papua New Guinea have offered a cash reward for information after the body of policeman Senior Constable Nelson Kalimda — whose body went...
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NZ communities gather in unity for He Whenua Taurikura Hui on countering...
By Jonty Dine, RNZ News reporter The widow of the final victim in the 2019 terrorist attack says things have not improved for New Zealand Muslims. Hamimah Amhat was recently exercising in Christchurch...
View ArticleWomen number more than half of NZ journalists, but ‘troubled by job safety’
Massey University News Women now make up well over half of New Zealand’s journalism workforce, but they have serious concerns about their safety on the job, a new survey shows. Conducted by Massey...
View ArticlePapuan students, churches, NGOs and others plead over embattled governor’s...
By Laurens Ikinia Many organisations, NGOs, churches and student leaders have called on the Indonesian government in Jakarta to consider Papua Governor Lukas Enembe’s health problems with kindness. The...
View ArticleRegional USP staff, students call for vote against FijiFirst over $85m unpaid...
GRUBSHEET: By Graham Davis With barely four weeks to go to the election, students and staff at the regional University of the South Pacific have stepped up their political activity against the...
View Article‘Huge distress’: Postgrad students feel impact of AUT academic staff cuts
RNZ Nine To Noon Postgraduate students are petitioning Auckland University of Technology over academic staff cuts — saying it is hugely disruptive and will impact on New Zealand’s research sector. AUT...
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Domestic violence, isolation hit Pacific women during pandemic, says USP survey
By Sri Krishnamurthi While some women at the University of the South Pacific’s 14 campuses found working from home enjoyable during the covid-19 pandemic, others felt isolated, had overwhelming mental...
View ArticleAUT VC Damon Salesa responds over 170 academic staff cuts
Pacific Media Watch Yesterday RNZ’s Nine to Noon programme looked at the impact of redundancies at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) among academic staff — particularly on post-graduate students...
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Fate of NZ research centre highlights university ‘blindness’, media freedom
SPECIAL REPORT: By Dr Lee Duffield in Brisbane The launch of a New Zealand project to produce more Pacific news and provide a “voice for the voiceless” on the islands has highlighted the neglect of...
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New review aims to ensure education is ‘a right’ across the Pacific
By Jan Kohout, RNZ Pacific journalist A new initiative has been launched in 15 Pacific Island countries to improve educational standards. The Pacific Regional Inclusive Education Review was launched...
View ArticleERA knocks back ‘flawed’ attempt by AUT to axe 100 plus academic staff
RNZ News The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has knocked-back an attempt by one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest universities to axe more than 100 staff. The Auckland University of Technology...
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Award-winning leadership professor calls on AUT to rethink redundancies
Pacific Media Watch An award-winning professor of sport, leadership and governance has criticised her university’s handling of recent redundancies of 170 academic staff, saying a “rethink” is needed....
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