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Roger Fowler, a legend of the Aotearoa solidarity movement, dies at 77

OBITUARY: By David Robie Roger Norman Fowler: 12 September 1948 – 21 February 2026 Roger Fowler, an activist legend of social justice solidarity movements from Bastion Point to resisting apartheid and...

Activists tell of ‘apocalyptic’ ecocide on top of Israel’s Gaza genocide at rally

By David Robie Two Extinction Rebellion activists joined the speakers today at an Auckland protest over Israel’s genocide and...

‘Antisemitism training’ at universities. Labor’s march to authoritarianism

From curbing protests to controlling what can be said in Australia, state and Federal Labor governments are becoming...

Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone US Empire managers have been making some surprisingly honest admissions in recent days, with Senator...

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails to protect

Israel’s President Herzog has departed Australia, leaving less “social cohesion”, while politicians, justices and NSW police have many...

Behind the elusive mythmaking over Fiji, West Papua

By David Robie On the eve of a vital meeting in Port Vila planning a more unified stance over independence in West Papua by disparate...

Journalist’s new book tackles atrocities and human rights issues in the Pacific

By Karina Abadia Veteran journalist Dr David Robie doesn't shy away from a challenge when covering a story. He has spent his career promoting issues pertinent...

Sedition, e-libel is the new media front line

By David Robie One of Fiji’s best investigative journalists and media trainers ended up as a spin doctor and henchman for wannabe dictator George Speight....

New free press book a must read for Pacific ‘media spoilers’

By Patrick Craddock in Suva Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face: Media, Mayhem and Human Rights in the Pacific is being published today while Fiji...

Corruption, illegal tuna fisheries and a ‘lifestyle tsunami’ trouble Pacific business editors

Café Pacific How ironic. For two days this week, veteran Pacific affairs correspondent Sean Dorney from Australia Network was contributing hugely to an inaugural regional...

The talanoa and the tribal paradigm: Reflections on cross-cultural reporting in the Pacific

By David Robie Alongside normative definitions of the Fourth Estate as an independent watchdog on political power, in the South Pacific there is also a...