‘Against propaganda, there are facts’ – RSF’s new global campaign video
The new Reporters Without Borders campaign video about Russian’s invasion propaganda. Video: RSF
Pacific Media Watch
As Russia’s propaganda and crackdown on journalism continue to wreak...
Revelations on the murky fate of flag ‘treason’ prisoners in West Papua
Today marks 1 December 1961 when the West Papuan national flag, the Morning Star was first raised and the date has been honoured across...
Peacemonger – a tribute to peace researcher Owen Wilkes out soon
Raekaihau Press
Owen Wilkes (1940–2005) was known throughout the Pacific and across the world as an outstanding researcher on peace and disarmament.
His work:
• exposed plans...
Media and academia: the intriguing case of the Pacific Media Center
By David Robie
Te Amokura: Pacific Media Centre (PMC) was founded at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in October 2007 at a time of great...
‘Stay home, stay safe, be kind’: How New Zealand crushed, not just flattened the COVID-19 curve (2021)
By David Robie, book chapter in Racism and Politicization
In contrast to disastrous Western exceptionalist trends in Europe and the United States in countering the...
Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre under spotlight following David Robie’s departure
One of AUT’s Pacific research centres has been without a director since the end of 2020 and a lack of clarity around its future...