Tag: Barbara Dreaver
TVNZ Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver awarded ONZM for investigative journalism
Pacific Media Watch
Television New Zealand Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to...
Pacific journalist Barbara Dreaver challenges TVNZ chief over job cuts
Pacific Media Watch
Television New Zealand’s chief executive has been challenged by the public broadcaster’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver at a fiery staff meeting over...
NZ media people react with ‘shock’ over plan to close Newshub...
Pacific Media Watch
Newshub, one of the key media companies in Aotearoa New Zealand, is to close its newsroom on June 30, reports RNZ News.
Staff...
Flood-hit Māngere family thanks community support in disaster
By Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific correspondent
The Moungavalu family in Aotearoa New Zealand are grateful to be alive.
Their Māngere home in Auckland, along with others...
Elderly Pasifika man sobs as memories of Dawn Raids surface over...
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ News Pacific correspondent
As the New Zealand government confirmed it would apologise for the 1970s Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders, memories...
Barbara Dreaver: Should we identify the first covid family as Pasifika?...
By Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS Pacific correspondent
Pasifika family or just an Auckland family?
There has been much debate over whether it was wrong to identify...
TVNZ’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver wins Voyager media awards
Pacific Media Watch
Television New Zealand's journalists have come out on top at the annual Voyager Media Awards last night, scooping a number of awards...
Barbara Dreaver’s Pacific Update: Big increase in coronavirus cases
By Barbara Dreaver
As of today, there are more than 70 coronavirus cases around the the Pacific Islands as Covid-19 sweeps the globe.
Fiji has announced...
Climate change and security big focus for Pacific Islands Forum in...
Climate change is a major worry to the Pacific Islands and it was the major talking point at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) earlier...
Refugees, journalist detention in Nauru ‘overshadow Pacific issues’
Support was widespread for journalist Barbara Dreaver’s detention at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru earlier this month. But, reports Maxine Jacobs for Asia...
Stick to our Forum visa rules, Nauru warns media via Twitter
By RNZ Pacific
The Nauru government has taken to Twitter to warn journalists they are not above the law as they cover the Pacific Islands...
Barbara Dreaver: Why is NZ and the world turning its back...
By Barbara Dreaver, 1 News Pacific correspondent
Over the years, many graphic and violent images of torture and beatings have emerged from the Indonesia-controlled...
Disappointment, fears of violence in wake of royal dismissal of PM...
Tagata Pasifika's report on the Tongan crisis today. Video: Sun*Pix
By Philip Cass in Auckland
There was disappointment and fears of violence early today in the...
Dreaver ‘thrilled’ to report in Fiji again
By TJ Aumua in Auckland
Pacific journalist Barbara Dreaver says she is 'thrilled' to be able to report in Fiji again, after being blacklisted from the...
TVNZ’s Barbara Dreaver fires back at Fiji PM’s ‘ridiculous claims’
As Television New Zealand's news boss calls for the ban on Barbara Dreaver entering Fiji to be lifted, the Pacific correspondent has responded to...
Barbara Dreaver: Fiji’s journalist blacklist is a disgrace
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ's Pacific Correspondent
According to Prime Minister John Key, the 2006 Fiji coup is ancient history and the time is right for...