Politics

A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’ Vinzons is being revived

COMMENTARY: By David Robie Vinzons is a quiet coastal town in the eastern Philippines province of Camarines Norte in Bicol. With a spread out population of about 45,000. it is...

Fiji, NZ protesters kick off UN day of solidarity for Palestine amid calls for sanctions, boycotts on Israel

By David Robie Protesters in Fiji and Aotearoa New Zealand kicked off the UN Day of Solidarity with the...

Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups

RNZ Pacific Sitiveni Rabuka, the instigator of Fiji’s coup culture, took to the witness stand for the first time...

‘Father of Timor Post’ – why Asia Pacific media legend Bob Howarth’s legacy will live on

TRIBUTE: By Mouzinho Lopes de Araujo The world has lost a giant with the passing of Australian media legend...

Caitlin Johnstone: You don’t hate the mass media enough

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone There was another IDF massacre in Gaza on Saturday, reportedly killing dozens of Palestinians. Israel as...

Rave hospitality, but Indonesia fails West Papua with media freedom hypocrisy

By David Robie in Jakarta Indonesian hospitality was given a rave notice last week for hosting World Press Freedom Day 2017, but it was also...

Self-censorship in the Fiji media – Fijileaks reviews a timely book on coups, culture and criticism

By Victor Lal, founding editor-in-chief of Fijileaks Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face: Media, Mayhem & Human Rights in the Pacific, in a sense, is a...

Pacific media ought to bear witness to human rights violations, says David Robie

Pacific Community Professor David Robie, a prominent journalist and director of Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre, shared his experiences of human rights coverage...

Mystery of the 1983 Vanuatu ‘nuclear free’ girl finally solved

By David Robie So the mystery is finally over. In 1983, I took this photo below of a young ni-Vanuatu girl at a nuclear-free Pacific...

Setting the standard in student journalism: AUT University Pacific journalism students take on Fiji general election

Spasifik Magazine After the Fiji military coup of 5 December 2006, caretaker Prime Minister Jona Senilagakali announced that elections would take place "hopefully in 12...

Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face – book review and interview with David Robie by David Blackall

Book review and interview with the author David Robie by David Blackall Introduction David Robie’s latest book is incisive and autobiographical. Kalafi Moala, a courageous publisher...