Books

Eyes of Fire: Gripping tale of adventure, tragedy and testament to environmental activism

BookHero Review Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior, by David Robie, isn't only a gripping tale of adventure and tragedy but also a testament...

Jonathan Cook: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is the nail in Gaza’s coffin

Feckless European leaders like Starmer let Israel and the US tear up international law in Gaza. Now, faced...

Kalafi Moala: My view of tyrannical Trump

COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala As a journalist based in Tonga, I have chosen mostly to refrain from giving a...

Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore

ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday The recent announcement by Fiji’s Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider...

Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide

By David Robie Two New Zealand companies were condemned at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland today  for their alleged...

Media freedom: A West Papuan human rights journalism case study

By David Robie Media freedom means journalism can "shape and spread values, defuse tensions, and counter hate-speech". Through its capacity to investigate, challenge, and question...

Crimes NZ: David Robie on the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior

From RNZ Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan New Zealand established its credentials as an independent small nation after the fatal bombing of Greenpeace ship the Rainbow...

Science Writing and Climate Change (2019)

By Crispin C. Maslog, David Robie and Joel Adriano We now live in the age of science and technology. In this age, the senior citizens...

Conflict, Custom & Conscience: Photojournalism and the Pacific Media Centre (2017)

Edited by Jim Marbrook, Del Abcede, Natalie Robertson and David Robie  A group of Melanesian women march behind an anti-mining "NO BCL, NO MINING" banner,...

Putting state terrorism in context – the Rainbow Warrior follies

By Jeremy Agar of CAFCA Eyes of Fire is an updated version of the account of the 1985 sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, first published...

Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face – book review and interview with David Robie by David Blackall

Book review and interview with the author David Robie by David Blackall Introduction David Robie’s latest book is incisive and autobiographical. Kalafi Moala, a courageous publisher...