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WEBSeptember 20, 2024. 0. ANALYSIS: By Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University and Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne Until recently, Elon Musk was just a wildly successful electric car tycoon...
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WEBApr 21, 2024 — Official enthusiasm During his visit to Washington earlier this month, Peters said New Zealand and the Biden administration had pledged “to work ever more closely together in support of shared values and interests” in a strategic environment “considerably more challenging now than even a decade ago”. In particular, he and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed there were ...
‘Don’t mistake Pacific leaders AUKUS ... - Asia Pacific Report
WEBMay 6, 2024 — By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist. A Pacific regionalism academic has called out New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters for withholding information from the public on AUKUS and says the security deal “raises serious questions for the Pacific region”.
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WEBFeb 16, 2016 — Film industry sources criticise TVNZ ‘devaluing’ of Māori programmes. Kendall Hutt -. December 18, 2017. 0. By Kendall Hutt in Auckland Independent filmmakers fear a slow erosion of Māori and Pacific content at Television New Zealand has begun.
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WEBDec 23, 2022 — Local Democracy Reporting: Secret plans, health chaos, climate change among NZ’s top 2022 stories. Pacific Media Watch -. December 28, 2022. 0. By Conan Young , Local Democracy Reporting editor This year was another huge one for Local Democracy Reporting, with our reporters at the forefront of...
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WEBDec 21, 2021 — RNZ News New Zealand's Māori vaccination rate continues to tick up, with several district health boards (DHBs) now past 90 percent for first doses.
60,000 flee as West Papua conflict deepens, poses questions for region
WEBDec 18, 2021 — 60,000 flee as West Papua conflict deepens, poses questions for region. By APR editor -. December 18, 2021. 0. 1512. A West Papuan community from Pegunungan Bintang regency displays an apparent unexploded bomb found in its village following an Indonesian aerial attack in October 2021. Image: RNZ Pacific.
Media advocates tell of struggle for ‘survival and truth’ at Asia ...
WEBNov 25, 2021 — Another keynote speaker, Dr David Robie, founding director of the Pacific Media Centre and retired professor of Pacific journalism at AUT, condemned a “surge of global information pollution”. Disinformation damaging democracy He outlined how disinformation was damaging democracy and encouraging authoritarianism across the Pacific, singling out Fiji and Papua New Guinea for particular ...
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WEBJul 22, 2022 — The aloof Sogavare was being tracked over questions about security and China’s possible military designs for the Melanesian nation. A doorstop on security and China greets Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare (in blue shirt) at the Pacific islands Forum in Suva last week. Image: Twitter screenshot @MsKateLyons.
Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific
WEBMar 19, 2021 — John Key pledged to provide up to $200 million in climate aid over the next four years. Most of this was focused on the Pacific. The Paris Agreement recognised that the Pacific was indeed one of the world’s most vulnerable regions when it comes to the effects of climate change – this is for a multitude of reasons.