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Open letter: On NZ news media and ‘faceless, nameless’ Palestinians

Pacific Media Watch This unpublished “heartfelt” letter sent to The Press this week criticising its April 6 editorial about a “turning point” in the deadly war on Gaza by Earthwise...

French security forces in Nouméa ahead of two opposing political marches

By Patrick Decloitre Security forces reinforcements were sent from France ahead of two rival marches in the capital Nouméa...

Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution

By Sharon Muller On Friday, March 22, a video circulated of TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers torturing a civilian in...

It is time to de-demonise Hamas – the intifada will go on until justice

ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle Who would not condemn the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 when hundreds of...

Gordon Campbell: Israel’s murderous use of AI in Gaza and the ‘kill lists’

COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell This may seem like a dumb question -- but how come Israel has managed to...

The Pacific Journalist: A Practical Guide (2001)

Edited by David Robie "Journalists, as arch-whistleblowers, are often viewed in the same light as trouble-makers who stir up situations unnecessarily. There are deep-rooted beliefs...

Ting Ting Bilong Mi : Cartoons by Campion Ohasio (1996)

Edited by David Robie | Cartoons by Campion Ohasio Twenty five years ago in Melbourne I encountered a young cartoonist in Melbourne with a flair...

Archive: A photographer’s date with a nuclear death

President Jacques Chirac's controversial final round of nuclear tests at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls in 1995 unleashed an unprecedented storm of international protest. And...

Archive: Scrutiny of the Pacific mass media

REVIEW: By Damon Salesa This ocean of ours is many things, but it is rarely "pacific". The passage of contact, colonialism and supposed independence has...

Archive: Pacific media benchmark

REVIEW: By Murray Horton It is a graphic illustration of corporate New Zealand's colonial mentality that our Eurocentric news media tell us all about the...

Nius Bilong Pasifik: Mass Media in the Pacific (1995)

Edited by David Robie | Foreword by 'I. Futa Helu "The news media in the South Pacific may be small -- but the region has...