Pacific Media Centre's Kendall Hutt speaks with host of The Wire Amanda Jane Robinson about the media freedom in Fiji and West Papua, a new Amnesty International report on refugees in Nauru, and Greenpeace's Amazon Warrior Ship.
AUT Pacific Media Centre Director David Robie as well as AUT PhD student Stephanie Sageo-Tupungu and her husband Kenneth speak to Wire host Amanda Jane Robinson about the Papua New Guinea elections, Stephanie's research, and the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day event.
AUT Pacific Media Centre Director's David Robie speaks to Wire host Amanda Jane Robinson about security operations for the Papua New Guinea general election, the 30th anniversary of the original Fiji coup, credibility in narratives, surrounding the Manus Island shooting, and exiled West Papuan MP Benny Wenda's visit to New Zealand.
Check out the full podcast for this week's Tuesday show, where we speak to former NZ Herald editor Gavin Ellis about fascism in the media as part of Fuck Off Fascism Week, Marama Fox about mental health funding, an energy analyst about sustainable mining in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville. Also featuring Green Desk with Lilly Peacocke and a special report into #Grime4Corbyn by Sam.
AUT Pacific Media Centre Director David Robie speaks with host of The Wire Amanda Jane Robinson about the Papua New Guinea elections and the 51st anniversary of French nuclear testing in the Pacific.
This week on the Monday show, Kendall comes up to the studio to tell Ximena about the case of a kiwi Catholic missionary, Douglas Tennent, who has recently been deported from Papua New Guinea. Authorities say Tennent "blatantly abused" his visa conditions, but Kendall says this doesn't quite add up.
Check out the full podcast for this week's Tuesday show, where we speak to Marama Fox about the Ture Whenua bill's setback, the Australian West Papua Association about their call to the Australian government following the arrests of 150 Papuan protestors, an expert in New Zealand aid policy about Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee's talk of removing the word aid, an Auckland University associate professor about new research into the dangers of pedestrians wearing headphones, and more.
This Monday on The Wire, producer Jack Marshall speaks with Tertiary Education Union organiser Shaun Scott about the recently proposed staff cuts at Otago University. Amanda chats to Green Party co-leader James Shaw about the Party's AGM and families package announcement. Pacific Media Centre's Kendall Hutt gives us an update on the Papua New Guinea elections for Southern Cross. And Jack talks to Dr Simon Pollard about education, bugs, and junk science.
AUT Pacific Media Centre's Kendall Hutt speaks with host of The Wire Amanda Jane Robinson about the closure of Manus Island detention centre, and the elections in Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste.
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