Rendezvous with the ‘nuclear free’ Vanuatu cover girl after 33 years
By David Robie on Aneityum, Vanuatu
She had the most enchanting smile, even though she had lost her baby teeth. Her toothless grin turned out...
‘That day I saw the power of media, and how it can be tragic’
By DAVID ROBIE
Surprising that a conference involving some of the brightest minds in journalism education from around the world should be ignored by New...
Pacific media ought to bear witness to human rights violations, says David Robie
Pacific Community
Professor David Robie, a prominent journalist and director of Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre, shared his experiences of human rights coverage...
The PMC project: independent journalism
Reported and presented by Alistar Kata
Alistar Kata, an award-winning journalist with Tagata Pasifika, made a 15 minute mini-documentary about the work of the Pacific...
Mystery of the 1983 Vanuatu ‘nuclear free’ girl finally solved
By David Robie
So the mystery is finally over. In 1983, I took this photo below of a young ni-Vanuatu girl at a nuclear-free Pacific...
Setting the standard in student journalism: AUT University Pacific journalism students take on Fiji general election
Spasifik Magazine
After the Fiji military coup of 5 December 2006, caretaker Prime Minister Jona Senilagakali announced that elections would take place "hopefully in 12...