Tide of Change – documentary by USP students explores climate action
The Tide of Change climate adaptation documentary by university of the South Pacific student journalists. Video: Wansolwara Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The people of Natawaru Settlement in Fiji have seen their humble livelihoods grow more precarious as the effects of climate change take their toll. From rising seas, depleted fish stocks and rising temperatures, the […]
Read More →PNG quake-hit communities plead for relief aid to ‘bypass’ government
As relief supplies continue to be delivered to earthquake affected communities, there is another looming disaster over water, reports EMTV News. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk People in earthquake-affected areas of Papua New Guinea’s Highlands have asked international agencies to bypass the national government when providing relief. The PNG Government has admitted that its response to […]
Read More →Harsh response lessons abound in wake of PNG’s quake devastation
BRIEFING: By Sylvester Gawi in Tari, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea’s Highlands earthquake disaster has brought to light some of the many things that need to be considered in assisting those affected by disaster and restoring vital infrastructures and communication links between relief agencies and the people. The response to the 7.5 magnitude earthquake […]
Read More →How Jack Mawe died trying to save his wife and child in PNG earthquake
By Scott Waide of EMTV News While the multibillion dollar mammoth petroleum company Exxon declared “force majeur” and another counted its financial losses, one family from Magarima in the Southern Highlands was this weekend mourning the devastating loss of their last born son and his young family. Twenty-one-year-old Jack Wapol Mawe had already run out […]
Read More →Vanuatu Daily Post marks 5000 issues – celebrating a pioneer of Pacific media freedom
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Celebration in Port Vila … the Vanuatu Daily Post’s 5000th edition since it was launched 26 years ago. From the Vanuatu Daily Post’s celebration special edition today. Marc Neil-Jones’ newspaper Vanuatu Daily Post celebrates an historic milestone today. We need to remember how it came about. Marc Neil-Jones […]
Read More →Pacific Voices: Fijian language week celebrations honour the past
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Fijian language week celebrations over the weekend addressed the revival of the language for future generations in New Zealand. But the past was not forgotten. The community acknowledged their ancestors and the precious gifts they have left for the community today. TJ Aumua reports. It was a weekend filled with Fijian […]
Read More →Mereoni Chung: Through social media, Fiji’s youth challenge the political elite
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Earlier this month, six Fijians were questioned and later detained by the Fiji police at Suva’s Central Police Station. Three were leaders of prominent political parties and the group included two former prime ministers, a party member, an NGO leader, and a trade unionist. They were detained after […]
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