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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini – strong, passionate fighter for decolonisation, nuclear-free Pacific

By Stanley Simpson in Suva I am saddened by the death of one of the most inspirational Pacific women and leaders I have worked with — Motarilavoa Hilda Lini of...

Jonathan Cook: Ignore Starmer’s theatrics. Gaza’s trail of blood leads straight to his door

Western capitals are still coordinating with Israel and the US on their "criticisms" of the genocide -- just...

Asia Pacific Report editor honoured for contribution to Pacific journalism

Pacific Media Watch Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie was honoured with Member of the New Zealand Order of...

‘Starving’ masked Palestine protesters condemn Luxon’s Gaza ‘appeasement’

Asia Pacific Report Protesting New Zealanders donned symbolic masks modelled on a Palestinian artist’s handiwork in Auckland’s Takutai Square...

40 years on – reflecting on Rainbow Warrior’s legacy, fight against nuclear colonialism

A forthcoming new edition of David Robie’s Eyes of Fire honours the ship's final mission and the resilience...

Archive: Scrutiny of the Pacific mass media

REVIEW: By Damon Salesa This ocean of ours is many things, but it is rarely "pacific". The passage of contact, colonialism and supposed independence has...

Archive: Uni Tavur: A frog’s head, old ashtrays and student politics

Uni Tavur, the journalism training newspaper produced by the University of Papua New Guinea reporters and editors, celebrated its second decade of publishing in July...

Archive: Pacifications: The erosion of press freedom in Oceania

By David Robie in Arena Magazine Abstract: Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says, "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion...

Archive: Crusading journalism in the blood from Edinburgh to Aotearoa [Profile]

"It's ironic that my work is published more outside New Zealand than it is here." (Article first published in 1992). PROFILE: By Murray Horton "My conception...

Archive: Rabuka stirs bitter media freedom row

Former Fiji military strongman Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka is now deputy Prime Minister in the civilian interim government. As leader of the 1987 coups d'état,...

Archive: Journalists face grisly threats in Philippines

On average seven journalists have been killed every year in the Philippines since Cory Aquino came to power. David Robie reports on a record...