CLOSE
News
Analysis
Reportage
Pacific Report
Asia Report
APJS newsfile
Climate
Country
Pacific Report
Australia
Cook Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Palau-Belau
Papua New Guinea
Rapanui
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tahiti
Timor-Leste
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
West Papua
Asia Report
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Lao
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Vietnam
Thailand
Other
Editor’s Picks
Multimedia
Multimedia
PMC on Demand
Audio
Gallery
Video
PMC on Demand
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Login
About Asia Pacific Report
Contact
EveningReport.nz
Pacific Media Centre
News
Analysis
Reportage
Pacific Report
Asia Report
APJS newsfile
Climate
Country
Pacific Report
Australia
Cook Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Palau-Belau
Papua New Guinea
Rapanui
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tahiti
Timor-Leste
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
West Papua
Asia Report
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Lao
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Vietnam
Thailand
Other
Editor’s Picks
Editor’s Picks
Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa…
Cook Islands
Two-way battle – no clear majority as Cook Islands prepares for…
Analysis
The Segal State – the public office Australia never voted for
Asia Report
Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’…
Asia Report
The key Hormuz question that everybody is avoiding
Multimedia
Multimedia
PMC on Demand
Audio
Gallery
Video
PMC on Demand
Home
Reviews
Reviews
Random
Latest
Featured posts
Most popular
7 days popular
By review score
Random
Reviews
The Opposition: Paga Hill’s villagers fight for justice in PNG
Pacific Media Watch
-
February 10, 2018
Reviews
Rainbow Warrior … launch of the new ‘last voyage’ and bombing book
Reviews
Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new film exposing Papua’s political ecology
Reviews
Pioneering saga of early Otago horse whisperer author’s dream come true
Reviews
A tribute to a Pacific visionary – remembering Epeli Hau’ofa
Reviews
Abby Martin’s documentary takes on the ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ ecocide
APR editor
-
August 1, 2026
0
Reviews
Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance
David Robie
-
January 9, 2016
3
Reviews
Groundbreaking book Waves of Change launched at Pacific Media Conference in...
Pacific Media Watch
-
July 14, 2024
0
Reviews
Late Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Pacific royal tour teaches us much about...
APR editor
-
September 9, 2022
0
Reviews
The West v China: Fight for the Pacific – Episode 1:...
APR editor
-
May 21, 2025
0
Reviews
Gaza’s Plestia Alaqad to star in Palestinian horror film The Visitor
Pacific Media Watch
-
October 26, 2025
0
Reviews
Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’
APR editor
-
May 18, 2026
0
Reviews
Endangered – the frontline journalism of outrage
David Robie
-
January 15, 2017
0
Reviews
A timely climate media strategy to empower citizens
David Robie
-
February 7, 2018
0
Reviews
PJR warns growing risks and hostile laws ‘silencing’ Melanesian media
Pacific Media Watch
-
August 4, 2020
0
Reviews
The Opposition: Paga Hill’s villagers fight for justice in PNG
Pacific Media Watch
-
February 10, 2018
0
Reviews
Eyes of Fire is an updated Rainbow Warrior classic and must...
APR editor
-
August 19, 2025
0
Reviews
David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow...
APR editor
-
December 1, 2025
0
Reviews
Dame Valerie Adams sets record straight in a new documentary
Pacific Media Watch
-
October 22, 2022
0
Reviews
Coups, globalisation and Fiji’s reset structures of ‘democracy’
David Robie
-
January 28, 2018
1
Reviews
How Jeton Anjain planned the Rongelap evacuation – new Rainbow Warrior...
APR editor
-
December 5, 2024
0
Reviews
Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua
APR editor
-
March 10, 2026
0
Reviews
Behind settler colonial NZ’s paranoia about dissident ‘persons of interest’
APR editor
-
November 9, 2024
0
Reviews
How Holland censored its post-Japan colonial war in Indonesia
APR editor
-
March 26, 2016
0
Reviews
Behind scenes probe of Bougainville struggle for independence tops PJR
APR editor
-
October 2, 2021
3
Reviews
Hard-hitting documentary explores Tongan ‘deportee dumping’ lives
Pacific Media Watch
-
February 19, 2019
0
Reviews
Indonesia’s political system has ‘failed’ its minorities – like West Papuans
David Robie
-
April 16, 2019
0
1
2
3
4
Page 1 of 4
CLIMATE AND COVID
Climate
COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’
Asia Report
COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...
Analysis
Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific
Analysis
How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic
Load more
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus
Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation
Coronavirus
Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO
Coronavirus
Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence
Analysis
NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...
Coronavirus
NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...
Coronavirus
Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report
Load more
BEARING WITNESS
Asia Report
Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...
Reviews
Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...
Analysis
Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived
Analysis
Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...
Asia Report
27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...
Bearing Witness
Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...
Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie
APJS NEWSFILE
APJS newsfile
Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice
APJS newsfile
Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers
APJS newsfile
Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...
APJS newsfile
Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top
POPULAR POSTS
Asia Report
Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’...
Asia Report
KNPB plans coordinated demos across Papua on New York Agreement anniversary
Analysis
Solomon Islands PM urges ‘no more secrecy’ over treaties with other...
Asia Report
Manasseh Sogavare unleashes on Solomon Islands government over US agreement
EDITOR'S PICKS
Editor's Picks
Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa...
Cook Islands
Two-way battle – no clear majority as Cook Islands prepares for...
Analysis
The Segal State – the public office Australia never voted for
Asia Report
Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’...
Load more
MOST COMMENTS
Australia
Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...
Analysis
Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace
Global
Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ
Asia Report
Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva
GLOBAL REPORTAGE
Editor's Picks
Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa...
Analysis
The Segal State – the public office Australia never voted for
Asia Report
Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’...
Asia Report
Free Palestine Party becomes latest political party in Aotearoa
