Press Release – Pacific Island Forum

Government representatives and development partners in Kiribati have expressed appreciation for the Cairns Compact Peer Review currently underway in the country’s capital, Tarawa. Read more »

Lisa Williams-Lahari is a Pacific journalist and media activist, and is a presenter at the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day events in Queensland Australia. (Photo: World Press Freedom Day 2010 website: www.wpfd2010.org.)

Pacific Scoop:
Report – By Lisa Williams in Brisbane.

Pacific women in news journalism, advocacy and media studies are making history in Brisbane, Australia this week. In the first ever meeting of its kind, more than 20 women from 12 Pacific nations are meeting in a ‘Media Freedom@Work’ event aimed at building safety, excellence and leadership networks for Pacific women in media.

The two-day meeting, which began today at the Centre for Communication and Social Change at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, will round off with a mini-workshop on ICTs and online advocacy this Friday, April 30. Read more »

Press Release – United Nations Development Programme

Representatives from governments, non government organizations, private sector and development partners will gather in Nadi for a ten-day induction workshop on peace building in the Pacific. Read more »

Press Release – Marine Stewardship Council

Up to 50% of all skipjack tuna caught in the Western and Central Pacific, which is managed by the eight states Parties to the Nauru Agreement will be assessed against the Marine Stewardship Council standard for well-managed and sustainable fisheries. Read more »

Press Release:
Pacific Media Centre.

The Pacific Media Centre, International Committee of the Red Cross and New Zealand Red Cross are jointly hosting twin special events on reporting wars at AUT University next month. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Phil Goff today passed on his sympathy to the family and former colleagues of Radio New Zealand journalist Elma MaUa who passed away today. Read more »

Press Release – Netball New Zealand

MEDIA ADVISORY – 28 April 2010 Silver Ferns To Play Samoa Netball New Zealand today confirmed the Silver Ferns will play Samoa in a one-off test at the Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua on Saturday 7 August 2010 at 4pm. The Samoan Netball team is currently … Read more »

Press Release:
Kingdom Of Tonga.

The Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon Feleti Vaka’uta Sevele, on Tuesday (20 April) evening, conceded by withdrawing the Cabinet’s submission on constituency boundaries in order to allow for the smooth passage through the Legislative Assembly of the enabling legislations to allow the general elections to take place in November this year. Read more »

Nouvelle-Calédonie - Nouméa - Ile des Pins - Saint-Joseph. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons.)

Pacific Scoop:
Report By Oceania Flash in Noumea.

Citizens of New Caledonia’s capital Nouméa are since Thursday last week under video camera surveillance, in some parts of the city, in a bid from the municipal council to curb a worrying upward trend of criminal offences and petty crimes.

The system involves eleven remotely-controlled cameras in public places. Read more »

Press Release – Office of the Clerk

Budget 2010—Effect on Families; Whaling—Catch Limits for Southern Ocean; Auckland, Local Government Reform—Input of Aucklanders; Māori—Strategies Addressing Equitable Access to Alcohol Consumption Read more »