Kia ora tatou and warm Pacific greetings
The Pacific Media Centre - TE AMOKURA - is the only media research and community res ource centre of its kind in Aotearoa/New Zealand and has a strategic focus on Māori, Pasifika and ethnic diversity media and community development. It was established by AUT University's Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies in 2007 and is also part of the School of Communication Studies.
Introducing some of the team and projects involved in the Pacific Media Centre at AUT University, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Meet Josephine Latu from Pacific Media Watch, Violet Cho from Irrawaddy magazine, filmmaker Jim Marbrook, TVNZ Tagata Pasifika's John Utanga and director David Robie and others. Short video produced by Sophie Johnson and John Pulu. 2009. www.pmc.aut.ac.nz
Director: Associate Professor David Robie david.robie@aut.ac.nz
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Samoan language preservation on radar for PhD scholarship winner
The impact of Manukau’s first university is already being felt, with AUT University awarding its first Manukau PhD scholarship to a recipient whose research is set to benefit the local community.
Winner Salainaoloa Wilson will commence her PhD this year, researching Samoan language maintenance and preservation.
Wilson’s research will focus on South Auckland in particular, as there are a significant number of Pacific Island people living there. However, the research will also extend back to the homeland of Samoa.
Three new postgraduate journalists have been named for the annual international internships organised by the Pacific Media Centre and sponsored by the Asia New Zealand Foundation with the support of theChina Daily.
They will go to China and Indonesia for their internships next year.
From Chinese cyberspace to challenging my world view
OPINION:In Beijing, I attended a talk byGuardianreporter Jonathan Watts about his book on China and the environment:When a Billion Chinese Jump. The book title grabbed me.
Watts explained that as a youngster, an older relative put the fear of god in him by saying if the entire population of China leapt into the air at the same time, the impact as they landed back on earth would send the planet spiralling off its axis. Turmoil.
Former Fiji publisher graduates with coup thesis under belt
A formerFiji Daily Postpublisher and columnist who managed the newspaper during crisis times a decade ago has graduated from AUT University after researching a thesis shedding new light on George Speight’s attempted coup in May 2000.
Thakur Ranjit Singh, who was awarded an AUT/Pacific Islands Media Association postgraduate scholarship in 2009, was delighted with his achievement. He pledged to work for a stronger and independent Fiji media.
AUT journalism graduateCorazon Millerreports on her recent six-week internship at the Jakarta Globe, funded by theAsia New Zealand Foundationin association with the Pacific Media Centre. She also worked at thePhilippine Starin a separate internship.
