Books

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

Mānawatia a Matariki! Flashback 41 years on: One year ago marking the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, Te Aniwaniwa Paterson wrote this article. Further reading: David...

‘If we don’t save Dr Abu Safiya, he’ll die in prison’ – released detainees on Gaza doctor

By Qassam Muaddi On June 10, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya appeared on a screen before Israel’s Supreme Court via...

The Gaza doctrine – Israeli ‘journacide’ and the muted NZ media response

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch A friend and colleague, Solidarity columnist Eugene Doyle, posed a brief question...

The reckoning – what the US-Iran MOU means in reality for Israel

ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean It is a peculiar kind of defeat — one dressed in the language of victory....

David Robie: Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific

PROFILE: By Mong Palatino Global Voices has interviewed veteran Aotearoa New Zealand writer and educator David Robie who discussed...

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...