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Gaza mass killing documentary a warning of global dystopian future

REVIEW: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report I have watched the most disturbing film in my lifetime — a warning to the world of a horrendous dystopian future...

A reminder of what is possible in community empowerment – ‘survival pending revolution’

This book launch speech was delivered today for Ponsonby People’s Union: At the Frontline of Community Activism in...

Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in Gaza as smear

COMMENTARY: By Stephen Prager Seeking to discredit reports of its unprecedented killing of journalists in Gaza, the Israel Defense...

From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of struggle for justice

REVIEW: By David Robie The seeds of resistance and later community empowerment began in Tāmaki Makaurau in a humble...

Māori identity is not a political access pass: Why the recent delegation to Israel demands accountability

ANALYSIS: By Raewyn Kapa The recent trip by a group of Māori individuals to Israel -- publicly framed as...

Toxic smoke chokes region as Indonesian rainforests burn – David Robie on TRT

Asia Pacific Report Thousands of forest fires have been burning across Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra, disrupting air travel, closing schools and sickening thousands of people,...

Talanoa: expanding millennial notions of a ‘Pacific way’ journalism education and media research culture

By David Robie As critical issues such as climate change, exploited fisheries, declining human rights, and reconfiguration of political systems inherited at independence increasingly challenge...

Pacific media should ‘bear witness’ to human rights violations, says Robie

Human Rights and Social Development A prominent journalist and founding director of Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre, Professor David Robie, has shared his...

David Robie: A future in Pacific journalism in the age of ‘media phobia’

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2018: By David Robie Kia Ora Tatou and Ni Sa Bula, For many of you millennials, you’re graduating and entering a Brave New World...

531pi’s Ma’a Brian Sagala talks nuclear-free Pacific with David Robie

Pacific Media Watch Radio 531pi Breakfast Talanoa host Ma'a Brian Sagala talks about the Rarotonga Treaty with Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie. The treaty...

Facebook still censors West Papua photo – ‘nudity’ or politics?

Pacific Media Watch Facebook has censored a West Papuan image by a Vanuatu-based photojournalist for the second time in less than four days -- this...