Books

‘Under no illusions’ about France, says author of new Rainbow Warrior book

Pacific Media Watch The author of the book Eyes of Fire, one of the many publications on the Rainbow Warrior bombing almost 40 years ago but the only one by...

Caitlin Johnstone: It was never about hostages. It was never about Hamas

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Benjamin Netanyahu said last Thursday that freeing the Israeli hostages in Gaza was not his...

Too many journalists remain silent over the Gaza genocide, a threat to our media credibility

By David Robie on World Press Freedom Day 2025 I ask you now: Do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do...

Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza

Asia Pacific Report About 1000 pro-Palestinian protesters marked World Press Freedom Day — May 3 — today by marching...

Confirmed: Australian weapons sold to Israel, reveals Declassified Australia

SPECIAL REPORT: By Michelle Fahy The Australian counter-drone weapons system seen at a weapons demonstration in Israel recently is...

20 years after the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior

By Anastasia Siniori "K" Magazine, published by Kathimerini Publishing SA of Greece, ran a six-page article and interviews with Grace O'Sullivan and David Robie (including...

Mekim Nius: South Pacific Media, Politics and Education (2004)

By David Robie The news media is the watchdog of democracy. But in the South Pacific today the Fourth Estate role is under threat from...

Journalism Education in the South Pacific, 1975-2003 : Politics, policy and practice

By David Robie University education for South Pacific journalists is a relatively recent development. It has existed in Papua New Guinea for merely a generation;...

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...