Malcolm Evans – Neo-Israel
Always happiest with a pencil in his hand, Malcolm Evans has been a professional cartoonist since the 60s and is one of the best in New Zealand. Approaching that milestone himself now, he tells everyone he’s twenty eight and often behaves like someone half that age. His cartoons are featured in The Daily Blog, Asia […]
Read More →More women are over 30, and more men are under 30 – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: National population estimates: At 30 June 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions More women are over 30, and more men are under 30 – 14 August 2018 New Zealand’s population is growing in most age groups, with the latest estimates showing more women than men are aged over 30, Stats NZ said today. In contrast, men outnumber women at all ages under 30 years. The […]
Read More →Migration drives high population growth – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: National population estimates: At 30 June 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Migration drives high population growth – 14 August 2018 The estimated resident population of New Zealand reached 4,885,300 at 30 June 2018, Stats NZ said today. New Zealand’s population change is a result of natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration (international migrant arrivals minus departures). “Net migration has been the […]
Read More →Dan McGarry: Fighting for media freedom and truth in the Pacific
When the host country Nauru banned the pool broadcaster, ABC, from the Pacific Islands summit set for next month, it was condemned widely for an attack on freedom on the media. Lee Duffield recently paid a visit to Dan McGarry, media director of the Vanuatu Daily Post, who took a lead, declaring his outlet would […]
Read More →Nauru media ban on ABC targets Australian detention centre gag
There has been much wringing of hands over Nauru’s ban on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for next month’s Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ summit. But, reports Sri Krishnamurthi of Asia Pacific Journalism, even more perplexing is Canberra’s relative silence. MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ
Read More →Torokina – a cryptocurrency with a dream to ‘rescue’ Papua New Guinea
Cryptocurrencies are a controversial phenomenon that have risen from a technical experiment, with zero monetary value, to an industry with a combined market capitalisation of US$225 billion – after shedding more than $30 billion this week. Their future is uncertain, with analysts ranging from enthusiasts to sceptics, but James Halpin of Asia Pacific Journalism profiles […]
Read More →New Caledonia independence ‘in their hearts’, but also a ‘scary’ future
Kanaks and long-time New Caledonian settlers get to vote on their future on November 4. But, as Michael Andrew of Asia Pacific Journalism points out, if Kanaks don’t get their wish for independence this time around, they have two more chances in 2020 and 2023 to vote for a new nation. MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ
Read More →‘Don’t play with fire’ warning in Samoa’s social media threat
Many Samoans are angry over a threat by the prime minister earlier this year to ban the social media platform Facebook amid growing pressure by politicians and officials across the Pacific against “fundamental freedoms”. Mike Mohr reports for Asia Pacific Journalism in the second of a two-part series on online media. MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ
Read More →PNG Facebook ban threat casts shadow over Pacific media freedom
Papua New Guinea threatened to temporarily ban Facebook earlier this year. With the APEC conference looming in November, the question remains whether this was an attack on freedom of speech. Jessica Marshall of Asia-Pacific Journalism reports in a two-part series on the Pacific internet. In March, it was revealed that the data analytics firm Cambridge […]
Read More →Norwegian human rights activists call for action over Israeli ‘capture’ of ship
Norwegian citizen Jan Petter Hammervold, 74, makes a ship-recorded plea before being seized by Israeli forces. He was ship’s cook on board Al Awda (The Return), is a board member of Ship to Gaza Norway and author of the book Fiskerne I Gaza (Gaza Fishers), about the 2018 Freedom Flotilla. New Zealander Mike Treen was […]
Read More →Nine-Fairfax merger warning for investigative media – and democracy
If you value the media’s watchdog role in democracy, then the opening words in the deal enabling Channel Nine to acquire Fairfax Media, the biggest single shake-up of the Australian media in more than three decades, ring alarm bells. MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ
Read More →PMC Seminar series: Folk wisdom: Superstition and ‘old wives’ tales’ across the Pacific
Source: Pacific Media Centre Analysis published with permission of PMC Event date and time: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 – 16:30 – 18:00 PACIFIC MEDIA CENTRE SEMINAR: Why is folk wisdom important? In this presentation, Jourdene Aguon will explore and discuss the intersection between Pacific island communities (Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand and the Cook Islands, Guam and the […]
Read More →2018 Census will deliver reliable data for New Zealand – Stats NZ Media Release
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions 2018 Census will deliver reliable data for New Zealand – 12 July 2018 New Zealanders can be confident the 2018 Census will produce accurate and high-quality data which can be relied on by communities and decision-makers, Stats NZ said today. “The digital-first approach we used for this year’s census exceeded our expectations, with […]
Read More →Update on release of 2018 Census data – Stats NZ Media release
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Update on release of 2018 Census data – 10 July 2018 Stats NZ has revised the date for first release of census information from October 2018 to March 2019. We will confirm the exact response and the coverage rates for the census after we complete our reconciliation processes. Stats NZ’s interim calculations show […]
Read More →Pacific Media Centre condemns ‘flagrant’ Nauru ban on ABC at Forum
Source: Pacific Media Centre Analysis published with permission of PMC The New Zealand-based Pacific Media Centre has condemned the selective ban by the Nauru government in what it says is an authoritarian affront to media freedom in the region. “Clearly the Nauru government is determined to gag any independent efforts to speak truth to power,” […]
Read More →NZ fin services need to be even more transparent
Auckland – Now is the time for Kiwi financial services to be more transparent following banking issues in the United Kingdom and Australia, a leading New Zealand financial tech expert says. Normally bank employees must meet sales incentive targets on lending, deposit attraction, payment protection insurance, life insurance and Kiwi Saver funds to achieve a financial […]
Read More →‘We cannot footnote our way to freedom’
Source: Pacific Media Centre Analysis published with permission of PMC The Pacific Media Centre’s Dr Sylvia C. Frain talks to human rights lawyer Julian Aguon, who recently won a landmark case in the Guam Supreme Court upholding the separation of powers doctrine, on issues ranging from law school and social justice to indigenous peoples and […]
Read More →Disturbing Asia-Pacific millennials in the digital communication ecosystem
Source: Pacific Media Centre Analysis published with permission of PMC The digital age and the power and challenges of the Millennials as presented by keynote speaker Professor B P Sanjay, pro vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad, at the AMIC2018 conference at Manipal, Karnataka, India, on 7-9 June 2018. The theme of the 26th AMIC […]
Read More →Disturbing Asian millennials in the digital communication ecosystem
Source: Pacific Media Centre Analysis published with permission of PMC The digital age and the power and challenges of the Millennials as presented by keynote speaker Professor B P Sanjay, pro vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad, at the AMIC2018 conference at Manipal, Karnataka, India, on 7-9 June 2018. The theme of the 26th AMIC […]
Read More →Keith Jackson: Did dumb just get dumber and Sam Basil dig a hole?
A near confrontation on the floor of Parliament on Friday, with the Papua New Guinea Opposition walking out in protest over the referral of Madang MP Bryan Kramer, to the Parliamentary Privileges Committee following a Facebook posting. Video: EMTV News MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ
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