Books

Rallies across NZ honour Gaza Strip journalists, condemn own news media

Pacific Media Watch Three media commentators addressed the 98th week of New Zealand solidarity rallies for Palestine in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland today, criticising the quality of news reporting about the...

Facing up to genocide – a New Zealand journalist bears witness with Gaza and West Bank

SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie Protesters in their thousands have been taking to the streets in Aotearoa New Zealand...

Nuclear-free Pacific advocates speak out in NZ human rights radio show

Pacific Media Watch “Speak Up Kōrerotia” — a radio show centred on human rights issues — has featured a...

Caitlin Johnstone: Israelis understand that Trump can end the nightmare in Gaza. Americans should know this too

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone It’s so revealing how Israelis keep begging Trump to end the killing in Gaza, because...

‘Will I make it back alive?’: Gaza journalists tell of being targeted by Israel

Pacific Media Watch Palestinian journalists have long known Gaza to be the most dangerous place on earth for media...

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...

Thirty years later: David Robie and the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior

New Zealand journalist and media educator David Robie returns with two books commemorating the sinking of Greenpeace’s iconic campaign ship and the nuclear-free Pacific...

Eyes Of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior, 2015 (30th anniversary edition)

By David Robie On 10 July 1985, French secret agents bombed the Greenpeace campaign flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand. Portuguese-born Dutch...