When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and political hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena
By David Robie for Pacific Media Watch
Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital...
50 years of challenge and change: David Robie reflects on a career in Pacific journalism
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor
This King’s Birthday today, the New Zealand Order of Merit recognises Professor David Robie’s 50 years of service to Pacific journalism and...
‘I can’t just stand back’: Kanak pro-independence activist follows mum’s footsteps
By Pretoria Gordon
Jessie Ounei is following in her mum’s footsteps as a Kanak pro-independence activist.
Last Wednesday, Ounei organised a rally outside the French Embassy...
New Zealand’s role in helping bring peace to Kanaky New Caledonia
COMMENTARY: By Teanau Tuiono
There is an important story to be told behind the story Aotearoa New Zealand’s mainstream media has been reporting on in...
French repressive policies in New Caledonia have ‘betrayed’ Kanak hopes
Green Left Show
Indigenous Kanaks in Kanaky (New Caledonia) have sprung into revolt in the last two weeks in response to moves by the colonial...
Amid Kanaky New Caledonia’s unrest, I saw first-hand the same colonial white privilege that caused it
“In the aftermath of the ‘No’ denying an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia, I deeply sympathise with the Kanak people’s frustration, fear, and...