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
Thursday, August 6, 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
Asia Report
Gaza genocide: Mourning the 112 victims of two families of Israeli…
Asia Report
Manasseh Sogavare unleashes on Solomon Islands government over US agreement
Asia Report
NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media
Analysis
Jeremy Rose: Far from Winston’s first racist rodeo
Asia Report
KNPB plans coordinated demos across Papua on New York Agreement anniversary
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
Hard-hitting documentary explores Tongan ‘deportee dumping’ lives
Pacific Media Watch
-
February 19, 2019
Reviews
Moana 2: The magic is missing in this half-baked Pacific sequel
Reviews
West Papua’s highway of blood – a case of destruction not development
Reviews
Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific
Reviews
Speaking to the world, but mirroring Australia’s off-again, on-again Pacific engagement
Reviews
The bloody 1965-66 slaughter – behind Indonesia’s mass killings secrecy
APR editor
-
August 9, 2019
0
Reviews
An important book exposing problems immigrants – especially Muslims – face...
APR editor
-
March 3, 2023
0
Reviews
Dame Valerie Adams sets record straight in a new documentary
Pacific Media Watch
-
October 22, 2022
0
Reviews
Malcolm Evans: A new low in NZ media’s record of bias...
Pacific Media Watch
-
April 23, 2024
0
Reviews
Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’
APR editor
-
May 18, 2026
0
Reviews
Moana 2: The magic is missing in this half-baked Pacific sequel
Pacific Media Watch
-
December 2, 2024
0
Reviews
Single Asian Female: A reflection
APR editor
-
May 6, 2021
0
Reviews
Tribute to a human comet who lit everything he touched
APR editor
-
February 21, 2023
0
Reviews
Speaking to the world, but mirroring Australia’s off-again, on-again Pacific engagement
APR editor
-
January 27, 2023
0
Reviews
Beware of elite billionaire ‘do-gooder’ hypocrisy, warns author
APR editor
-
July 11, 2020
0
Reviews
A damning indictment of the parlous state of affairs in the...
Shailendra Singh
-
August 3, 2016
0
Reviews
Tribute to a free and independent Pacific media
Pacific Media Centre
-
April 21, 2016
0
Reviews
Investigative journalism – from the NZ wars to Pike River
Pacific Media Watch
-
July 19, 2017
0
Reviews
A montage of West Papuan everyday life from hip-hop to protest...
Pacific Media Watch
-
April 17, 2024
0
Reviews
A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will Australia’s...
APR editor
-
June 7, 2022
1
Reviews
Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from...
David Robie
-
November 24, 2023
0
Reviews
West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and...
APR editor
-
March 8, 2026
0
Reviews
Disney’s Moana: First Pacific movie princess the real deal
APR editor
-
December 14, 2016
0
Reviews
Indonesia’s political system has ‘failed’ its minorities – like West Papuans
David Robie
-
April 16, 2019
0
Reviews
Putting state terrorism in context – the Rainbow Warrior follies
APR editor
-
March 1, 2016
1
Reviews
Groundbreaking book Waves of Change launched at Pacific Media Conference in...
Pacific Media Watch
-
July 14, 2024
0
Reviews
Contrasting accounts of Indonesian genocide and betrayal in West Papua
David Robie
-
July 16, 2018
1
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
Democracy
Chlöe Swarbrick kicked out of House after challenging Speaker’s ‘double standards’
Civil Society
Saige England: We spoke truth to power and the powerful folded
Analysis
Jeremy Rose: Far from Winston’s first racist rodeo
Asia Report
Responding to NZ Foreign Minister’s racist slurs on China and Green...
EDITOR'S PICKS
Asia Report
Gaza genocide: Mourning the 112 victims of two families of Israeli...
Asia Report
Manasseh Sogavare unleashes on Solomon Islands government over US agreement
Asia Report
NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media
Analysis
Jeremy Rose: Far from Winston’s first racist rodeo
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
Asia Report
Gaza genocide: Mourning the 112 victims of two families of Israeli...
Asia Report
Manasseh Sogavare unleashes on Solomon Islands government over US agreement
Asia Report
NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media
Analysis
Jeremy Rose: Far from Winston’s first racist rodeo
