Interviews

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

Mānawatia a Matariki! Flashback 41 years on: One year ago marking the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, Te Aniwaniwa Paterson wrote this article. Further reading: David...

‘If we don’t save Dr Abu Safiya, he’ll die in prison’ – released detainees on Gaza doctor

By Qassam Muaddi On June 10, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya appeared on a screen before Israel’s Supreme Court via...

The Gaza doctrine – Israeli ‘journacide’ and the muted NZ media response

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch A friend and colleague, Solidarity columnist Eugene Doyle, posed a brief question...

The reckoning – what the US-Iran MOU means in reality for Israel

ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean It is a peculiar kind of defeat — one dressed in the language of victory....

David Robie: Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific

PROFILE: By Mong Palatino Global Voices has interviewed veteran Aotearoa New Zealand writer and educator David Robie who discussed...

Hipkins energised and excited about chance to become NZ’s PM

RNZ News Chris Hipkins says the opportunity to become Prime Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand is the biggest privilege of his life and his eyes...

Why a royal princess from the Pacific is living in Arkansas

Pacific Media Watch The US tested 67 nuclear weapons on the Marshall Islands, tricking the people who lived on Bikini Atoll to leave their homeland...
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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

By Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for...

The future of the Pacific Media Centre – David Robie talks to Radio 531pi

By Ma'a Brian Sagala Radio 531pi's Ma'a Brian Sagala talks to the retired founding director of the Pacific Media Centre, Professor David Robie, and Tahitian...

Pacific Media Centre founder takes on new social justice journalism role

By Laurens Ikinia A journalist who sailed on board the bombed environmental ship Rainbow Warrior, was arrested at gunpoint in New Caledonia while investigating French...

French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’

By Matthew Scott, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre The day began with a video, showing a disparate collection of arresting images -- the drowned...