Tourist mood in Fiji but no holiday in newsrooms
Report by Pacific Media Centre By TJ Aumua OPINION: I felt the heat of Fiji’s tropical climate as soon as I jumped off the plane. The warmth was a pleasant relief from New Zealand’s frosty winter and a...
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Fiji community in NZ rally in support for disaster aftermath
By TJ Aumua in Auckland Auckland’s Fiji community have mobilised together to action disaster relief efforts for their families back home in the Fiji Islands. Community members assembled in Mangere last...
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Vanuatu DPM slams kidnap, attack on woman: ‘Enough is enough’
By TJ Aumua The kidnapping and attack on a local Vanuatu female tourism manager, Florence Lengkon, has stirred strong criticism of violence against women in the island nation. Deputy Prime Minister Joe...
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Pasifika diaspora media book launched in NZ – first of its kind
By TJ Aumua of Pacific Media Watch A research report about Pacific media outlets in New Zealand was launched today at Auckland University of Technology – the first time an extensive investigation of...
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New Pacific research institute gives students, staff ‘cutting edge’ chance
By Pacific Media Watch contributing editor TJ Aumua The launch of the New Zealand Institute of Pacific Research (NZIPR) at the University of Auckland last night has been hailed as a milestone for...
View ArticlePCF offers Pacific exchange to keen media students
A video feedback message by TJ Aumua after her PCF internship in Fiji last year. By TJ Aumua New Zealand-based Pacific Cooperation Foundation has launched its annual appeal for student applications for...
View Article‘Invisible’ Pacific, indigenous presence at UN disappoints NZ team
By TJ Aumua Six of the Auckland participants who attended the UN Commission of the Status of Women held in New York in March have had an opportunity to report back on the discussions that were held on...
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Poisonous starfish threatens survival of Pacific coral reefs
TJ Aumua’s video report “Scientists take on Pacific crown of thorns starfish threat”. By TJ Aumua in Suva The crown-of-thorns phenomenon may sound like something from a Hollywood movie storyline....
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Pacific youth face uncertain future over climate change, says leader
TJ Aumua’s video report on youth’s fears over their homelands. PMC on Demand By TJ Aumua The effects of climate change on Pacific island nations like Samoa are leaving young people faced with...
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Pacific crop centre develops food strategies for climate change
By TJ Aumua in Suva Severe weather patterns and cyclonic activity have become increasingly hyperactive in the South Pacific with climate change as the key contributor. Communities are faced with the...
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Researchers explore Pacific Ocean’s hidden deep ‘secrets’
Research expeditions can involve newly discovered species. This video shows a pale-winged creature dubbed “the ghost fish”. It was discovered by the Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) in 2014 while on an...
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Fiji’s Daku village people adapt to challenge of rising sea
Biu Naitasi, Daku’s headman, featured on TJ Aumua’s video from Daku. By TJ Aumua in Daku, Fiji Islands Rising sea levels are a major threat to coastal villages in the Pacific. Daku village in the Rewa...
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Pacific Profile: Jenny Jiva –‘Climate change is very real now’
Report and video story by TJ Aumua Name: Jenny Jiva Age: 23 Occupation: Masters student, University of the South Pacific Passion: Pacific diplomacy and climate change Country: Fiji Jenny Jiva, a...
View ArticleBrush up on perceptions of ASEAN trade partners, envoy tells NZ
By TJ Aumua in Auckland New Zealanders need to catch up with reality about the country’s trade partners in the South-East Asia region, says an ambassador. Speaking to the Association of South-East...
View ArticlePacific voices: Connecting with Samoan language, myths and culture
Language and culture can tell us a lot about where we come from. For these New Zealand-born Samoans, this at the heart of truly understanding who they are. The Pacific Media Centre’s TJ Aumua reports....
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Pacific Profile: Jale Samuwai Curuki –‘If you’re still a climate denier, I...
Report and video story by TJ Aumua for Asia Pacific Report Name: Jale Samuwai Curuki Age: 30 Occupation: PHD candidate, University of the south Pacific Passion: Accounting, climate financing Country:...
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More female Pacific and Māori needed for techno future, says ‘Nanogirl’
“Technology is essential for providing Pacific youth with better opportunities for their future.” This was a key message at the Pacific Wave “Prosperous Futures through Technology” conference in...
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Asia-Pacific climate change reporting skills need boost but media ‘lacking...
By TJ Aumua Media experts say journalism institutions lack the resources needed to raise the quality and awareness of environmental reportage in the Asia-Pacific region. Widely published writer and...
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Where are you from? Hold that question and give us a fair go
Where are you from? This simple question, as harmless as it may be intended, is loaded with controversial assumptions of race, ethnicity and a questioning of identity. Speaking at a Pacific Women’s...
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WJEC16: Pacific journalism contingent gearing up to share with world educators
By TJ Aumua in Suva The Pacific contingent attending the World Journalism Education Congress next week are eager to share their region’s journalism knowledge with international educators. The group of...
View ArticleWJEC16: Journalism vital to Pacific culture, public interest, says research...
By TJ Aumua The World Journalism Education Congress preconference for JERAA and the region began today and brought together Pacific journalism educators to improve the role of the Fourth Estate in the...
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WJEC16: Impressive pōwhiri gives welcome to world media educators
The World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC) kicked off tonight in New Zealand with a formal pōwhiri ceremony hosted in the Sir Paul Reeves building at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT)....
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WJEC16: Lack of qualified journalists, educators threatens quality of Pacific...
By TJ Aumua The lack of qualified journalists and media educators is threatening the quality of media in the Pacific. This was an urgent topic discussed today among journalism educators as part of the...
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WJEC16: Moala’s message to global journos –‘include Pacific in your media’
By TJ Aumua Pacific communities know how difficult it is to have our voices and regional human rights abuses heard on a world stage and to be represented in global media. Tonight veteran broadcaster...
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WJEC16: ‘Real world’ journo schools face ethical dilemmas
By TJ Aumua “Teaching hospital” is a model that is regarded as a way for journalism educators to turn their classrooms into newsrooms by immersing students into a practical learning environment. But it...
View ArticleWJEC16: Climate change reportage ‘needs stepping up’ in Asia-Pacific newsrooms
Climate change reportage in the Asia-Pacific needs to be stepped up and taken more seriously by the region’s media organisations. This was an issue agreed on by journalists and media educators who came...
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Climate change doco highlights Tokelau as world leader in ‘solar revolution’
The Asia-Pacific premiere of a documentary showcasing how the remote island dependency of Tokelau has became the world’s first solar-powered territory was screened this week in Auckland. TJ Aumua...
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Festival success for young Pasifika filmmakers
Forgotten Dawn Children’s official trailer. By TJ Aumua in Auckland Filmmakers Joshua Iosefo and Corey Larry Sio found out this month that their short film Forgotten Dawn Children will be screened in...
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Preparing Pasifika for the digital world is vital, says NZQA chief
By TJ Aumua in Auckland The importance of preparing our Pasifika youth to succeed in a digitally connected world was a key message delivered this week by the NZQA, chief-executive, Karen Poutasi....
View ArticlePacific education: ‘Under matching’ and lack of Pasifika staff
By TJ Aumua in Auckland During the Pacific Tertiary Education Forum this week it was revealed that despite Pasifika students obtaining NCEA Level 3 they are then going on to do a degree ‘unmatched’ to...
View ArticleWeekend arrests fuel Fiji’s democracy debate
Democracy and freedom of speech are at the forefront of discussions concerning the arrests of five prominent Fijian politicians over the weekend. The men were allegedly detained on Saturday for a...
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West Papua rally: ‘We want to be free people!’
Thousands of people have rallied across West Papua this week demanding independence and their right to self-determination. The Free West Papua Campaign (FWPC) stated those that took part in the...
View ArticleTe Reo Māori on ‘life support’, says Sharples
The New Zealand Human Rights Commission hosted a discussion on the importance of the United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) as part of a Indigenous Rights Information...
View ArticlePacific Voices: Fijian language week celebrations honour the past
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...
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Price of Peace filmmakers honoured with award
The film made its debut at the New Zealand International Film Festival in 2015. Video: JourneymanVOD By TJ Aumua in Auckland Co-producer Christina Milligan (left) with Peace Foundation board member...
View ArticleDreaver ‘thrilled’ to report in Fiji again
By TJ Aumua in Auckland TVNZ’s Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver says she is ‘thrilled’ to be able to report in Fiji again, after being blacklisted from the country for eight-years. She told Asia...
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Pacific journal launched on new research tool
A new online research platform will allow Pacific research to be more accessible around the country and the world. At the launch of Tuwhera: Director of learning and research services (AUT) Shari...
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Top journo students honoured at USP’s award night
The University of the South Pacific hosted its annual journalism awards this month, honouring some of the top students who report for the journalism programmes multi-award winning student newspaper....
View ArticleMoving Pacific forward in Auckland’s housing crisis
By TJ Aumua in Auckland Pacific members of Parliament were brought together this month to address the way forward for Pacific communities living amongst Auckland’s current housing crisis. MP’s formed a...
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