Tag: David Robie
Pacific journalists’ resilience shines through at historic conference
By Justin Latif in Suva
Despite the many challenges faced by Pacific journalists in recent years, the recent Pacific International Media Conference highlighted the incredible...
Pacific media conference: challenges and opportunities
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
A group of regional and international media representatives met at a forum in Fiji last week to discuss some...
Newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism
By Khalia Strong of Pacific Media Network News
If the pen is mightier than the sword, then an army of journalists has assembled in Fiji’s...
Kanaky, Palestine and West Papua – ‘same struggle’, David Robie talks...
Pacific Media Watch
Earthwise presenters Lois and Martin Griffiths of Plains FM96.9 radio talk to Dr David Robie, a New Zealand author, independent journalist and...
Defend ‘Pacific voice’ over geopolitics, climate crisis – keep pressure on...
By Monika Singh in Suva
New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) awardee Professor David Robie has called on young journalists to see journalism as a...
Footage of French forces officer kicking Kanak man in head surfaces...
Correction: An earlier version of this RNZ Pacific story published on 29 May 2024 attributed a statement from the French High Commission in New...
Fiji’s Jo Nata reflects on the 2000 coup: ‘We let the...
SPECIAL REPORT: Islands Business in Suva
Today is the 24th anniversary of renegade and failed businessman George Speight's coup in 2000 Fiji. The elected coalition...
Nakba Gallery: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be...
Asia Pacific Report
As Israel drives the Palestinians deeper into another Nakba in Gaza with its assault on Rafah, the Palestine Youth Aotearoa (PYA) and...
Auckland Palestine rally honours Gaza journalists for freedom award
Asia Pacific Report
About 500 people honoured Palestinian journalists in the heart of the New Zealand city of Auckland today for their brave coverage of...
PNG’s Masiu warns USP journalism students to defend free press
By Monika Singh in Suva
Freedom of the press is a cornerstone of any vibrant democracy and society's collective responsibility to safeguard and protect it,...
PNG draft media development policy ‘contemptuous’ of public interest
Asia Pacific Media Network's chair Dr Heather Devere, deputy chair Dr David Robie and Pacific Journalism Review editor Dr Philip Cass last month made...
Lice Movono: Hopes for the return of press freedom in Fiji
ABC Pacific
Veteran Fijian journalist Netani Rika and his wife were resting in their living room when suddenly a Molotov cocktail went crashing through their...
New Asia Pacific nonprofit takes up role of PJR publishing for...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A new Asia Pacific nonprofit group has taken up the role of publishing the independent Pacific Journalism Review and other research...
Fiji’s Biman Prasad calls out ‘dire straits’ Bainimarama government
By Venkat Raman in Auckland
Fiji's National Federation Party leader and Member of Parliament Dr Biman Prasad is confident that the incumbent Voreqe Bainimarama government...
Pacific media dangers: ‘I had death threats and my tyres slashed...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Joyce McClure in Guam
I spent five years as the lone journalist on the remote Pacific island of Yap. During that time...
Case #017 RNZ podcast – The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
On 10 July 1985 the Greenpeace flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, was sunk at an Auckland wharf.
Two French secret agents planted two limpet...
Listen to the Pacific people plea to AUT over diversity future...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A retired university professor and a Tahitian doctoral candidate have appealed to Auckland University of Technology to “listen” to the Asia-Pacific...
Climate crisis, coronavirus and journalism research methodologies top latest PJR edition
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Climate crisis and the global coronavirius pandemic are key themes along with new research methodology strategies in the latest Pacific Journalism...
NZ gained ‘international creds’ as nuclear-free nation with Rainbow Warrior bombing,...
From RNZ Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
New Zealand established its credentials as an independent small nation after the fatal bombing of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow...
Moale James: Citizen journalism countering ‘deliberate’ media silence on West Papua
OPINION: By Moale James
What should we expect for the future of media freedom in the Pacific? And how do we sift through the “bullshit”...
PMC director blasts politicians, media over ‘shameful silence’ on West Papua
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie condemned the Australian and New Zealand governments and mainstream media for their "deafening silence"...
Ben Bohane wins $10,000 Bougainville mission grant for Pacific journalism
By Michael Andrew
A Pacific Media Centre collaborator has been awarded the inaugural Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism at the 2019 Walkley Mid-Year Celebration.
Vanuatu-based...