Tu Galala: Social Change in the Pacific (1992)
Edited by David Robie
"The Pacific is in upheaval -- growing poverty, nuclear testing, independence struggles, militarisation and massive social dislocation are pressing, often intractable...
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...
Archive: How PNG’s Mista Grasruts became Mr Clean
Mista Grasruts (Grassroots), the funniest cartoon character in the South Pacific, is cutting down on his beer, drinking fruit juice and setting a moral...
Archive: Tortured Fiji academic tells of his scars
From Café Pacific 1990 archives: The abduction and torture of a scientist by soldiers has exposed a sinister side to the current ruling regime...
Archive: Shattered coups – the other way
Harassment, intimidation and exile failed to silence two authors, a Fijian and a New Zealander, who claim to expose the 'truth' about Brigadier Sitiveni...