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
Saturday, October 24, 2026
  • Login
  • About Asia Pacific Report
  • Contact
  • EveningReport.nz
  • Pacific Media Centre
Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report Asia Pacific Report
  • 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
    • Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini
      Editor’s Picks

      Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels…

      Palestinians in Gaza face a daily struggle for food
      Asia Report

      Palestine Forum calls on NZ to act against ‘weaponised, engineered’ Gaza…

      As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation
      Decolonisation

      ‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s…

      PIF Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Fiji and Pacific Island Countries, Maya Yaron, and Head of MASHAV, Ambassador Eynat Shlein,
      Analysis

      Israel votes against decolonisation for Pacific at UN – then says…

      The French and Kanak flags flying high
      Business

      New Caledonia pro-independence leaders boycott EU critical minerals deal

  • 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

Post-coup Rabuka crackdown as seen from Fiji Times editor’s ‘hot seat’

Shailendra Singh -
April 23, 2017
video
Reviews

Disney’s Moana: First Pacific movie princess the real deal

The podcast takes the listener into a room in Seattle, Washington, in 1984, where Greenpeace International leader Steve Sawyer met for the first time with Jeton Anjain
Reviews

How Jeton Anjain planned the Rongelap evacuation – new Rainbow Warrior podcast series

Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast
Reviews

West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and ecocide under noses of military

Waves of Change co-authors Associate Professor Shailendra Singh (from left), Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad and Dr Amit Sarwal
Reviews

Groundbreaking book Waves of Change launched at Pacific Media Conference in Fiji

Anand Giridharadas
Reviews

Beware of elite billionaire ‘do-gooder’ hypocrisy, warns author

APR editor -
July 11, 2020
0
Owen Wilkes speaking at a protest at the US base at Christchurch Airport
Reviews

Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance

APR editor -
January 17, 2023
0
Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
Reviews

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Pacific Media Watch -
April 22, 2026
0
Reviews

How Holland censored its post-Japan colonial war in Indonesia

APR editor -
March 26, 2016
0
Reviews

Investigative journalism – from the NZ wars to Pike River

Pacific Media Watch -
July 19, 2017
0
The campsite on the Long March at Mildura, Victoria
Reviews

Peter Lusk: Reflections on my mahi with peace researcher Owen Wilkes

Pacific Media Watch -
February 14, 2023
0
Reviews

Tribute to a free and independent Pacific media

Pacific Media Centre -
April 21, 2016
0
Reviews

Contrasting accounts of Indonesian genocide and betrayal in West Papua

David Robie -
July 16, 2018
1
video
Reviews

Endangered – the frontline journalism of outrage

David Robie -
January 15, 2017
0
Reviews

Behind the Blockade : A ‘prisoner’ mother’s struggle to remove barriers

APR editor -
February 29, 2016
2
Palestinian journalist and author Plestia Alaqad
Reviews

Gaza’s Plestia Alaqad to star in Palestinian horror film The Visitor

Pacific Media Watch -
October 26, 2025
0
video
Reviews

How soldier guitars, culture and faith paved way for Bougainville’s peace

David Robie -
April 23, 2019
1
Pesta Babi (Pig Feast) . . . Indonesian colonialism in West Papua
Reviews

Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 1, 2026
0
Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste
Reviews

The West v China: Fight for the Pacific – Episode 1:...

APR editor -
May 21, 2025
0
video
Reviews

Hard-hitting documentary explores Tongan ‘deportee dumping’ lives

Pacific Media Watch -
February 19, 2019
0
Reviews

The bloody 1965-66 slaughter – behind Indonesia’s mass killings secrecy

APR editor -
August 9, 2019
0
Activist author Maire Leadbeater
Reviews

Behind settler colonial NZ’s paranoia about dissident ‘persons of interest’

APR editor -
November 9, 2024
0
Reviews

Post-coup Rabuka crackdown as seen from Fiji Times editor’s ‘hot seat’

Shailendra Singh -
April 23, 2017
1
Owen Wilkes
Reviews

Tribute to a human comet who lit everything he touched

APR editor -
February 21, 2023
0
Owen Wilkes speaking at a protest at the US base at Christchurch Airport
Reviews

‘Lots of information isn’t secret, it’s just hard to find’ –...

Pacific Media Watch -
January 1, 2023
0
Military Nduga
Reviews

West Papua’s highway of blood – a case of destruction not...

David Robie -
May 18, 2020
1
Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast
Reviews

West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and...

APR editor -
March 8, 2026
0
1234Page 1 of 4

CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29
Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

Load more

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

Load more

BEARING WITNESS

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
Reviews

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Senior journalist Salveen Chand, now with the Cook Islands News
Cook Islands

Holding power accountable – a Pacific journalist’s journey through assaults and...

A still from the feature films De Gaulle
Reviews

De Gaulle: Résistance and the subjective history of anti-Nazi struggle during...

As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation
Decolonisation

‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s...

Sacha Roytman, chief executive of Combat Antisemitism Movement
Asia Report

Israelis mislead Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism

EDITOR'S PICKS

Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini
Editor's Picks

Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels...

Palestinians in Gaza face a daily struggle for food
Asia Report

Palestine Forum calls on NZ to act against ‘weaponised, engineered’ Gaza...

As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation
Decolonisation

‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s...

PIF Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Fiji and Pacific Island Countries, Maya Yaron, and Head of MASHAV, Ambassador Eynat Shlein,
Analysis

Israel votes against decolonisation for Pacific at UN – then says...

Load more

MOST COMMENTS

Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern
Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva
Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini
Editor's Picks

Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels...

Palestinians in Gaza face a daily struggle for food
Asia Report

Palestine Forum calls on NZ to act against ‘weaponised, engineered’ Gaza...

As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation
Decolonisation

‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s...

PIF Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Fiji and Pacific Island Countries, Maya Yaron, and Head of MASHAV, Ambassador Eynat Shlein,
Analysis

Israel votes against decolonisation for Pacific at UN – then says...

Editor's Picks

Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini

Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels...

October 24, 2026
Palestinians in Gaza face a daily struggle for food

Palestine Forum calls on NZ to act against ‘weaponised, engineered’ Gaza...

October 24, 2026
As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation

‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s...

October 23, 2026
PIF Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Fiji and Pacific Island Countries, Maya Yaron, and Head of MASHAV, Ambassador Eynat Shlein,

Israel votes against decolonisation for Pacific at UN – then says...

October 23, 2026
The French and Kanak flags flying high

New Caledonia pro-independence leaders boycott EU critical minerals deal

October 23, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napa

Vanuatu PM Napat may face fresh no-confidence motion in November

October 19, 2026
Badly beaten photographer Heidi Levine in hospital

Masked settler assault on Washington Post photographer a snapshot of Israel’s...

October 18, 2026
Senior journalist Salveen Chand, now with the Cook Islands News

Holding power accountable – a Pacific journalist’s journey through assaults and...

October 20, 2026
As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation

‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s...

October 23, 2026
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Who is a ‘Fijian’?: Constitution reform reignites identity debate

October 20, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8685
  • Politics6517
  • Human Rights5114
  • Syndicate5050
  • Global4444
  • New Zealand3807
  • Indigenous3312
  • RNZ Pacific2773
  • Media2482
  • Pacific Media Watch2347
  • Asia Report2278
  • Democracy2250
  • Security2071
  • Military2024
  • Justice2004
CREATIVE COMMONS
Creative Commons LicenseCopyright: Content on Asia Pacific Report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Contact us: newseditor@AsiaPacificReport.nz
FOLLOW US
© Site Copyright 2021 - AsiaPacificReport.nz